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i of those lands indicated that they should have been included in the urban service area and given anurbanlandusedesignation . 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 0 the property is at Least 20 acres in size . An oversight occurred when land that meets the above criteria was designated agricultural andexcludedfromtheurbanservicearea . The proposed amendment corrects that oversight by expanding the urban service area to include land that meets the above criteria, and by redesignatingthatlandtoanurbandesignation . 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 . Summary of Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan While the referenced policy is particularly applicable to this request, other comprehensive plan policies and objectives also have relevance . For that reason, staff evaluated the proposed amendment for consistency with all applicable plan policies and objectives . Based upon that analysis , staffdeterminedthattheamendmentisconsistentwiththeComprehensivePlan . Compatibility with the Surrounding Area Residential development of the subject properties under the T land use designation could be compatible with surrounding areas . The T designation contains several provisions that somewhat lessen agricultural/urban incompatibilities . Those provisions include the following : The PD process is encouraged . The PD process allows the Board of County Commisioners more oversight and flexibility with respect to site design issues and development approvals . Site design issues that may be addressed through the PD process include setbacks , buffers , landscaping , berms , walls , and placement of buildings and stormwater management areas . Caribbean Fruit Fly host plants will be prohibited on T designated land . Buyers of platted lots in residential projects on T designated land must be notified of theFloridaRighttoFarmAct , and that active agricultural operations occur nearby . With these provisions is place , the proposed amendment is not anticipated to increaseincompatibilities . Potential Impact on Environmental Quality As indicated in the Existing Land Use Pattern section of this report, most of the subject properties 'land has been altered for residential or agricultural development .Therefore , few natural areas remain within the bounds of the subject properties . For that reason , the proposed change will nothaveasignificanteffectonenvironmentalquality . October 16 , 2001 125