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BOOK . ., PAGE 419W The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 19, 1997 TO: James E. Chandler County Administrator Community Developmefit r4*ector THROUG33: Sasan Rchani, AICP �, Chief, Long -Range Planning FROM: John Wachte� Senior Planner, Long -Range Planning DATE: March 19, 1997 RE: COUNTY =TIATED REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 111 ACRES FROM RM -6 TO CON -1 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of April 1, 1997. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS This is a county initiated request to rezone approximately 111 acres 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 land use amendment portion of that commitment was completed when the Board adopted the C-1, Publicly Owned Conservation -1 (zero density) land use designation for the subject property on March 18, 1997. The purpose of this request, in addition to meeting the management plan's rezoning commitment, is to secure the necessary 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. Rezoninv Procedures When initiated, this application involved both a land use amendment and a rezoning request. As with most such applications, both requests were processed concurrently. State law, however, provides some special requirements for county initiated rezoning requests, such as the subject request, that involve more than 10 acres. Among those special requirements are the following: • The Board must hold 2 advertised public hearings. • The second hearing must be held at least 10 days after the first hearing and must be advertised at least 5 days prior to the bearing. The first rezoning public hearing was held at -the March 18, 1997 Board of County Commissioners meeting. At that meeting, the Board voted 5-0 to hold the second rezoning public hearing at the April 1, 1997 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Because that meeting meets the requirements for the second hearing, the rezoning ordinance can be adopted following that public hearing. On September 26, 1996, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-0 tb recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve this request. APRIL 19 1997 36