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BOOK 100 PAGE 951, 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. 2. Potable water and sanitary sewer service are available to the site. - 3. The location of the site; -near 3 major roads, indicates that the transportation demands of urban scale development on the site can be met. 4. The site is within 2 miles of 2 major commercial/ industrial nodes. S. The site is bounded on 3 sides by land currently designated M- 1. Since -the site is suitable for urban scale development and intensities, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.13. - Future Land Use Element Objective 4 Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will reduce the number and length of trips on county roads by implementing a land use pattern which places residential areas near commercial and employment areas. The site is located near several employment centers, including the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, Dodgertown, the SR 60/I-95 Commercial/Industrial Node, and the SR 60/5sth Avenue Commercial/ Industrial Node. Since those nodes are 2 of the county's fastest developing nodes, they will soon become 2 of the county's largest employment centers. Most people who will work in those nodes will live in moderately -priced medium -density housing. The proposed amendment places land designated for medium -density residential uses near those nodes. Therefore, the proposed amendment will increase the opportunity for people who work in those nodes to live near their job, thus reducing the length of MARCH 18, 1997 78