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While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment and rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following objectives and policies. - Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 In evaluating a land use amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. This policy requires that one of three criteria be met in order to approve a land use amendment request. These criteria are: • a mistake in the approved plan; • an oversight in the approved plan; or • a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property. Based on its analysis, staff feels that the proposed land use amendment meets policy 13.3's second and third criteria. The subject property is located approximately one mile from the SR 60 and 58th Avenue Commercial/Industrial Node. On July 19, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners approved a land use amendment that enlarged that node by 130.3 acres. That land use amendment was associated with the Indian River Mall Development of Regional Impact (DRI) for a regional shopping center consisting of approximately 1.5 million square feet of retail space. A Development Order for that DRI was also approved on July'19,. 1994. On June 8, 1995, approximately 1.275 million square feet' of that shopping center received site plan approval from the county. The Indian River Mall land use amendment and development approvals directly affect land surrounding the node in 2 ways, both related to housing. First, the Indian River Mall will make the node one of the county's largest employment centers, thus generating a substantial increase in the need for moderately -priced nearby housing. Additionally, the Indian River Mall land use amendment resulted in the loss of 130.3 acres of M-1 designated land. Thus, that amendment not only helped create additional demand for medium - density housing, but it also reduced the amount of land designated for that use. Since these actions constitute a change in circumstances, the third criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 has been met. The proposed amendment also meets the second criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. That criterion allows plan amendments to correct an oversight in the approved plan. In this case, the oversight is related to the plan that was in effect prior to the 1990 adoption of the current plan. In that plan, the ±15.2 acre tract was given a low density residential designation. The oversight was to allow that tract, which is a narrow peninsula of low density designated land, to continue to extend into an area of high density designated land. Therefore, the request also meets Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3's second criterion. For those reasons, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. - Future Land Use Element Objective 1 Future Land Use Element Objective 1 states that the county will have a compact land use pattern which reduces urban sprawl. By increasing the density of land currently within the urban service area, as opposed to expanding the urban service area, the county can efficiently support growth without creating urban sprawl or sacrificing compactness. For these reasons, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Objective 1. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.13 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.13 states that the M-1, Medium - Density Residential -1 land use designation is intended for areas which are suitable for urban scale development and intensities, and are within the urban service area. The following factors demonstrate that the site is suitable for urban scale development and intensities: 1. The site is located within the urban service area. NOVEMBER 12, 1996 59 BOOK 99 PAGE 7?