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◊ The currently adopted FLUM is sufficient to absorb the projected population growth in the County. Recommended Changes Objective 1: Indian River County will have a compact and energy efficient land use pattern; an overall low-density character; and adequate land for utility facilities necessary to support development. By 2030, the overall residential density of the unincorporated portions of Indian River County, within the Urban Service Area, will be 1.75 units/acre. Policy 1.1: Indian River County hereby adopts the Future Land Use goal, objectives, policies as well as Figures 2.9, 2.18, 2.20, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.29, and 2.33; and The Official Future Land Use Map. [Map Series typically adopted by right, regardless of policy] Policy 1.5: In accordance with the Conservation Element, tThe Conservation Land Use designations shall be applied to those areas that which contain or possess lands with qualities and features that which play a vital or essential role in the normal functioning of the cCounty’s ecosystems and have been so identified in the conservation element or merit preservation as vestiges of once common county ecosystems. Policy 1.7: Conservation land use designations shall be depicted on the future land use map (FLUM). The exact boundaries of the C-2 and C-3 Conservation designated areas shall be determined by environmental survey. With one exception, any area which is depicted as a C-2 (wetlands) area or C-3 (upland xeric scrub) area on the Future Land Use Map FLUM, but which is determined by environmental survey not to be wetlands (as defined in the Conservation Element) or xeric uplands (as defined by the presence of xeric scrub vegetation and Orsino fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, or Electra sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes) will have the same land use designation as the contiguous adjacent property. The exception applies to land located east of the St. Sebastian River and depicted as C-3 on the future land use map FLUM. If determined by environmental survey not to be xeric uplands, then that land shall be designated R, Rural Residential (up to 1 unit/acre). All areas depicted as C-3 on the Future Land Use Map FLUM which have xeric scrub vegetation and Orsino fine or Electra sands will be deemed environmentally important, notwithstanding whether or not such areas meet the 5 acre minimum threshold for environmental importance established in Conservation Element Policy 6.11 for other districts in the cCounty. The determination of the exact outer boundaries of C-2 or C-3 areas will be made by the cCounty environmental planning staff based on verification of the vegetation and soils criteria referenced above, as applied to the environmental boundary survey conducted by the landowner/applicant or his agent at the time of application for any development permit (other PAGE 17