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the St. Johns River Water Management District purchased the subject property, with each party acquiring an undivided one-half interest. The subject property is generally known as the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. The County and the District have subsequently developed and adopted a management plan for this environmentally important site. That plan calls for the land to be used for resource management and passive/non-consumptive recreation. Furthermore, that plan states that in early 1995, the county will initiate a land use amendment and rezoning request to designate the property as conservation land. The purpose of this request, in addition to meeting that commitment, is to secure the necessary land use designation' and zoning to ensure that the subject property's environmental significance will be preserved, and that the future use of the site will be consistent with the site's management plan. On April 27, 1995, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners transmit the proposed land use amendment to 'the State Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for their review. The Board of County Commissioners is now to decide whether or not the subject request is to be transmitted to DCA for their review. Existing Land Use Pattern - Consisting primarily of wooded areas and wetlands, the subject property is presently undeveloped. As depicted in attachment 4, nearly the entire site is zoned RS -1 in the county zoning atlas. The exceptions are two small RM -6 zoned areas, abutting the South Vero Square Shopping Center, in the southwest portion of the site. North of the eastern portion of the subject property is undeveloped RS -1 zoned land owned by the Indian River Farms Water Control District (IRFWCD). This. IRFWCD land is estuarine wetland associated with the South Relief Canal at its connection to the Indian River Lagoon. The northern portion of the site's western boundary borders the Vista Royale Condominium project. This development is moned RM -10, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 10 units/acre). The portion of this development actually abutting the subject property consists of a golf course and a wastewater treatment plant. To the north of the west portion of the subject property is the Forest Park subdivision of single-family lots. This subdivision is zoned RS -6, Single -Family Residential District (up to 6 units/ acre). A tract of RS -1 zoned land consisting of a freshwater wetland has been preserved to meet Forest Park's stormwater retention and open space requirements. This tract is located between the subject property and the northern part of the subdivision. South of the Forest Park Subdivision, the western boundary of the subject property abuts the South Vero Square Shopping Center which is zoned CG, General Commercial District. The subject property has approximately 568 feet of frontage on Oslo Road, between the South Vero Square Shopping Center and the Entomology Lab (a research building associated with the University of Florida)•: In this area, land on both sides of Oslo Road, to a depth of 250 to 330 feet, is zoned RM -6. The remainder of the southern boundary of the subject property abuts RS -1 zoned land containing the Entomology Lab. JUNE 139 1995 38 800K 95