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BOOK 9 FAGS 745 PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER: LUDA 96-07-0231 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of November 12, 1996. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS This is a county initiated request to change the land use designation of approximately 111 acres from L-2, Low -Density Residential -2 (up to 6 units/acre) to C-1, Publicly Owned Conservation -1 (zero density), and to rezone the property from RM - 6, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 6 units/acre), to Con -1, Public Lands Conservation District (zero density). The subject property, located at the northwest corner of 58th Avenue and CR 510, is generally known as the Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area. On October 2, 1995, Indian River County purchased the subject property. Funding for that purchase was provided through the county's environmental lands acquisition program and a 50% cost -share grant from the State of Florida (through the Florida Communities Trust). In conjunction with purchasing the property, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a management plan for this environmentally important site. That plan calls for the land to be used for resource management and passive/non-consumptive recreation. Furthermore, that plan states that the county will initiate a land use amendment and rezoning request to designate the property as conservation land. The purpose of this request, in addition to meeting that commitment, is to secure the necessary land use designation and zoning to ensure that the subject property's environmental significance will be preserved, and that the future use of the site will be consistent with the site's management plan. On September 26, 1996, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners transmit the proposed land use amendment to the State Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for their review. The Board of County Commissioners is now to decide whether or not the subject request is to be transmitted to DCA for their review. Existincr Land Use Pattern Consisting primarily of undeveloped sand pine scrub and pine flatwoods, the site is currently zoned RM -6. The area located directly north of the subject property, within the Sebastian City Limits, is zoned Mobile Home Planned Unit Development (up to 5 units/acre). Currently, the portion of that property that abuts the subject property is undeveloped xeric oak scrub. Wabasso Park, a county -operated park facility that is zoned A-1, Agricultural District (up to 1 unit/5 acres) is located at the northwest corner of the subject property. West of the site, land is zoned RM -6. Land along the northern half of the site's western boundary consists of rangeland and single-family houses on large lots, while the Lows Park Subdivision of single-family houses abuts the southern half of the site's western boundary. South of the site, across CR 510, land is zoned RM -3, Multiple - Family Residential District (up to 3 units/acre) and RS -3, Single - Family Residential District (up to 3 units/acre). Consisting primarily of single-family homes, that area also contains several churches. Land east of the site contains a mix of land uses. including The John's Island Club -West Golf Course (zoned RM -6), an abandoned citrus grove (zoned RM -8), a church (zoned RM -6), and a legally established non -conforming mobile home park (zoned RM -6 and CL). Future Land Use Pattern The subject property, land to the west of the subject property, and the northern half of land to the east of the subject property are designated L-2, Low -Density Residential -2, on the future land use map. The L-2 designation allows residential uses with densities of up to 6 units/acre. NOVEMBER 12, 1996 80