Laserfiche WebLink
The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of <br />the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which <br />identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct <br />the community's development. As courses of action committed to by <br />the county, policies provide the basis for all county land <br />development decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are <br />important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing <br />rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request <br />are the following objectives and policies. <br />- Future Land Use Element Objective 1 <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 1 states that the county will <br />have a compact land use pattern which reduces urban sprawl. By <br />increasing the density of land currently within the urban service <br />area, as opposed to expanding the urban service area, the county <br />can efficiently support growth without creating urban sprawl or <br />sacrificing compactness. For these reasons, the request is <br />consistent with Future Land Use Element Objective 1. <br />Future Land Use Element Policies 1.13 and 1.14 <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.14 states that the M-1, Medium - <br />Density Residential -1, land use designation is intended for <br />residential uses with densities up to 8 units/acre. In addition, <br />Future Land Use Element Policy 1.13 states than these residential <br />uses must be located within the urban service area. <br />Since the subject property is located within an area designated as <br />M-1 on the county's future land use plan map and is located within <br />the county's urban service area, and the proposed zoning district <br />would permit residential uses no greater than the 8 units/acre <br />permitted by the M-1 designation, the proposed request is <br />consistent with Policies 1.13 and 1.14. <br />- Future Land Use Element Objective 4 <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will <br />reduce the number and length of trips on county roads by <br />implementing a land use pattern which places residential areas near <br />commercial and employment areas. <br />The -site is located near several employment centers, including the <br />SR 60/I-95 Commercial/Industrial Node, and the SR 60/58th Avenue <br />Corimercial/Industrial Node. Those nodes are two of the county's <br />largest employment centers. Most people who work in those nodes <br />live in moderately -priced, low to medium -density housing. The RM -8 <br />zoning district is intended for such uses: Therefore, the proposed <br />rezoning will increase the opportunity for people who work in those <br />nodes to live near their job, thus reducing the length of their <br />trips to and from work. For this reason, the request implements <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 4. <br />- Future Land Use Element Policies 2.5 and 4.4 <br />Future Land Use Element Policies 2.5 and 4.4 state that the county <br />will encourage and direct growth into the urban service area and <br />areas near urban centers. Since the proposed rezoning would allow <br />and encourage more development on the subject property, and the <br />subject property is within the urban service area and near an urban <br />center, the request implements Future Land Use Element Policies 2.5 <br />and 4.4. <br />26 <br />BOOK I " PAGE'132 <br />January 21, 1997 <br />