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- Housing Element <br />Housing Element Objectives 1 and 4; and <br />5.1; as well as Economic Development <br />Policies 8.1 and 8.3; all dealing with <br />housing in the county are particularly <br />Element portion of this request. <br />Boor 96 <br />Policies 1.5, 4.2, 4.4, and <br />Element Objective 8; and <br />the provision of affordable <br />applicable to the Housing <br />By modifying the comprehensive plan's definition of affordable <br />housing, the proposed amendment will ensure that the county can <br />continue to participate in several state funded programs that <br />promote housing affordability in the county. For that reason, the <br />proposed amendment is consistent with the referenced objectives and <br />policies. <br />­- Citrus Highway (County Road 609) <br />Objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan which are <br />particularly applicable to this amendment are Traffic Circulation <br />Element Policy 1.1, Economic Development Element Policy 3.4, <br />Capital Improvements Element Policy 1.6, and Ports, Aviation, and <br />Related Facilities Element Objective 3. <br />Traffic Circulation Element Policy 1.11 Economic Development <br />Element Objective 4, Future Land Use Element Objective 3 all relate <br />to LOS standards on roads within the county. These policies and <br />objectives state that the county must take steps to maintain a <br />specified minimum level of service on all roads within the county. <br />By removing many large, slow, citrus hauling trucks from other <br />arterial roads, the Citrus Highway will increase the level of <br />service of these roads. Therefore, this amendment is consistent <br />with these comprehensive plan objectives and policies. <br />Economic Development Element -Policy 1.1 states that the county <br />shall encourage expansion of existing businesses. The Citrus <br />Highway will provide for the expansion of the citrus industry by <br />providing more efficient movement of citrus from groves to <br />packinghouses and consumers. Therefore, this amendment is <br />consistent with Economic Development Element Policy 1.1. <br />Capital Improvements Element Policy 1.6 states that the county <br />shall encourage the FDOT to reallocate budgeted appropriations for <br />traffic facilities in Indian River County. Since this amendment <br />facilities the construction of an MOT funded traffic facility in <br />Indian River County by incorporating the Citrus Highway into the <br />county's comprehensive plan, the amendment is consistent with <br />Capital Improvements Element Policy 1.6. <br />While the referenced objectives and policies, including Future Land <br />Use Element Policy 13.3, are particularly applicable to this <br />request, other comprehensive plan policies and objectives also have <br />relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the subject request <br />for consistency with all plan policies and objectives. Based upon <br />that analysis, staff determined that the proposed changes to the <br />Future Land Use, Housing, and Traffic Circulation Elements are <br />consistent with the comprehensive plan. <br />ANALYSIS OF REASONABLENESS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS <br />Future Land Use Element <br />Prior to -the 1990 adoption of the current comprehensive plan, <br />Indian River County did not have a PUB land use designation. At <br />that time the land containing the landfill was designated for <br />agricultural uses. The fact that the PUB designation -was liven to <br />38 <br />October 24, 1995 <br />® M M <br />