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BOOK 100 PAGE 973 As noted previously, the county recently purchased Subject Property 2 for landfill expansion or a recycling based waste conversion center. Since those uses do not require a C/I land use designation and because there is a demand for the C/I designation on Subject Property 1, the proposed node reconfiguration and text amendment would increase overall land use efficiency. Staff's position is that the purchase of Subject Property 2 for future landfill expansion constitutes a change in circumstances affecting the subject properties. Therefore, the proposed amendment meets the third criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3 and is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 13.3. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.17 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.17 states that the industrial land use designation should be. within the urban service area and is intended for manufacturing, assembly, materials processing, and similar uses. Fronting a major road, adjacent to C/I designated land, and with urban services available, Subject Property 1 is appropriate for industrial uses. The minor expansion of the USA associated with this request would ensure that Subject Property 1 would remain within the USA. The proposed amendment would allow industrial development on Subject Property 1. Therefore, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.17. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20 states that nodes shall have a designated size based on the intended use and service area population, existing land use pattern and other demand characteristics. Based on the above criteria, including service area population projections, the county has an acknowledged overallocation of C/I designated land. Since this request would actually reduce that overallocation by reducing the amount of C/I designated land by 16.6 acres, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.20. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.21 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.21 states that node boundaries should provide for efficient land uses and maximum use of transportation facilities while eliminating strip development. Based on demand characteristics, the most efficient uses of the subject sites are as requested in the proposed amendment. 'Additionally, C/I designated land along SR 60 would provide for the maximum use of that transportation facility. Subject Property 1, with access to two roads, has ample depth as well as width. Therefore, redesignation of the subject properties will not result in strip development. For these reasons, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.21. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.23 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.23 states that 70%- of the land area of a node should be developed with non-residential and non- agricultural uses before that node is considered for expansion. When considered separately, the node containing Subject Property 1 does not meet this standard. The intent of this policy, however, is to regulate increases in the amount of C/I designated land. Since the proposed amendment removes more land from one node than is added to another node, there would be no increase in the amount of C/I designated land associated with this amendment. For that reason, Future Land Use Element Policy 1.23's 70W developed standard does not apply to this amendment. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.24 Future Land Use Policy 1.24 states that any property redesignated commercial through a land use plan amendment shall revert to its former designation if construction on the site has not commenced within a two year period, unless such timeframe is modified by the Board of County Commissioners as part of a development agreement. This policy decreases land speculation, and helps ensure that demand for additional C/I designated land is present before requests to expand nodes are approved. This policy also allows for the correction of nodes mistakenly expanded in the absence of demand for more C/I designated land. MARCH 18, 1997 100