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I e { FZ M1. ss a e ., o"'se" _ r s ,_ •.E v., sE.. i n. : . L xis lz r i,. I -g. taR uS , 1 While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment requests . Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 , however, is applicable to all plan amendment requests . For that reason , this section will begin with a discussion of how the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 . Future Land Use Element Policy 14 .3 In evaluating any comprehensive plan text amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 . This policy requires that at least one of three criteria be met in order to approve a comprehensive plan text amendment . These criteria are : the proposed amendment corrects a mistake in the approved plan ; the proposed amendment corrects an oversight in the approved plan ; or the proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances . In this instance , the proposed amendment meets Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 's second criterion . That criterion states that the proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan . In this case , the oversight was that certain lands were excluded from the urban service area and given an agricultural land use designation despite the fact that certain characteristics of those lands indicated that they should have been included in the urban service area and given an urban land use designation . The Board of County Commissioners has determined that land that meets the following criteria should have been included in the urban service area and given an urban designation : the property abuts an arterial road that contains county water and sewer lines within the road ' s right- of- way ; the property abuts commercial/industrial designated property ; and the property is at least 20 acres in size . An oversight occurred when land that meets the above criteria was designated agricultural and excluded from the urban service area. The proposed amendment corrects that oversight by creating an urban land use designation category for land that meets the above criteria . For that reason, the proposed amendment meets Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 's second criterion and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14 . 3 . Consistency Summary As part of its consistency analysis , staff compared the proposed amendment to all applicable objectives and policies in the plan and found no conflicts . Therefore , the proposed amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan . CONCLUSION The proposed amendment is reasonable , meets the Board ' s objectives , and is consistent with the comprehensive plan . For those reasons , the proposed amendment meets all plan amendment criteria . October 16 , 2001 98 67,g 777777777TW 7777F" 11 In, t ri vc