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40M AMENDMENT TO ELEMENTS OTHER THAN THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT PROCEDURE: �► For Amendment of any Element of the Comprehensive Plan other than the Future Land Use Element. PURPOSE: The following steps outline the Dronpd"ral requirements 'hic'i are to be followed by the Indian River County Planning Department when the County's Comprehensive Plan is amended. These adminis- trative procedures are to be followed when any element other than the future land use element of the Comprehensive Plan is amended. These procedures represent the minimum requirements outlined in Chapter 163.3187 "Amendment of adopted Comprehensive Plan" in the Florida Statutes. Updates of the Comprehensive Plan are statuto- rily required to occur at least every five years. However, each element may be updated at lesser intervals, either separately or simultaneously with other element updates. STEP 1: STAFF PLANNER: The Staff Planner responsible for formulating plan amendments should contact all other County divisions on November 1st of each calendar year, prior to the Planning Department's public advertisement of its intent to amend the plan, in order to inquire whether they intend to propose any plan amendments. The deadline for accepting other divisions' plan amendment recommendations is January 1st of each year, before the planning staff begins formulating the amendment proposals which it intends to recommend to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of County Commissioners. STEP 2: STAFF PLANNER: The Planner responsible for amending the Comprehensive Plan should also contact each staff planner who is responsible for a planning area and request that they prepare plan amendment recommendations for the plan elements which are related to their area of expertise. It should be requested that these recommendations be submitted to the planner responsible for plan amendments at the same time as, or before, the plan amendments from outside divisions are submitted. The Florida Statutes requirements for those questions which must be addressed when the plan is amended should be consulted by each planner before their recommendation is submitted. The request for this information should be made on January 1st of each year, in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan's requirement for annual amendment of the plan. STEP 3: STAFF PLANNER: After reviewing all plan amendment recommendations, the Planner responsible for plan amendments should evaluate the amendment proposals submitted by all County staff members. The criteria which should be used in evaluating each amendment proposal includes the following: 1) Is the proposed amendment in conformance with all the laws of the State of Florida and Indian River County? 2) Is the proposed amendment in conformance with the intent of the County's Comprehensive Plan? 3) Will the proposed amendment require changes in other elements of the plan in order to avoid conflicting statements or goals throughout the plan? -3-