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CONCLUSION Based on the analysis, staff has determined that the requested land use designation and zoning district are compatible with surrounding areas, consistent with the comprehensive plan, meet all concurrency criteria, will have no negative impacts on environmental quality, and meet all applicable land use designation amendment and rezoning criteria. The data and analysis demonstrate that the proposed amendment will have an insignificant impact on the county's RAR. Most importantly, the subject property is located in an area deemed suited for medium -density mobile home residential uses. Finally, DCA's sufficiency determination of the county's EAR addresses the one ORC Report objection. For these reasons, staff supports the request. RECOMMENDATION Based on the analysis conducted, staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the request Community Development Director Bob Keating advised that this is one of the five items considered by Planning and Zoning on September 26, 1996 and submitted to the Board for approval on November 21, 1996. All amendments were submitted to the Department of Community Affairs on January 30, 1997 and the DCA issued its Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report on each amendment. The DCA filed one objection, that the County could not amend its Comp Plan until its EAR (Evaluation and Appraisal Report) was approved. On February 24, 1997 the DCA determined that the County's EAR was sufficient. The Board is now allowed to take action on each amendment. Director Keating reminded the Board that they had discussed at the prior meeting requesting redesignation of only the southerly 1200' of this property, which would leave a 120' buffer. Staff is recommending that the entire piece of property be rezoned and redesignated. If only the south 1200' is rezoned, the applicant would have a right to request development of the north 120' as single-family residential. Staff also believes that the existing LDRs provide adequate buffers. Commissioner Adams expressed her concerns regarding the adjacent property owner and felt compatibility of use was not being taken into consideration. Leah LeFeve, a biologist at Kerr Center, wanted to again propose the additional buffer. Kerr Center is an extremely important research site for the USDA and is concerned about possible noise conflicts. They spray at night, often up to midnight, which is extremely loud. They also have a diesel pump directly adjacent to the subject property for irrigation which is also very noisy. Commissioner Adams felt it is unfortunate that existing agricultural operations are now running into conflicts with other zoning categories. Agriculture makes money for this County and does not cost as much for services. We must be very serious about conserving agricultural zoning. MARCH 18, 1997 81 BOOK DO PAGE 954