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DCA has raised 37 objections to the county's revised plan. The following list indicates the number of objections by plan element: ELEMENTS* # OF OBJECTIONS Capital Improvements (Concurrency Management System) 2 Future Land Use 5 Future Land Use Map 2 Housing 4 Infrastructure 8 Coastal Management 6 Conservation 5 Transportation 5 * There are no objections to the other elements Future Land Use Map Recently, the issue of zoning density vs. comprehensive plan land use map designation density arose with a rezoning request on Indian River Boulevard. Because of recent court cases and judicial decisions, local governments have less discretion in considering rezoning requests. Current law now requires that, once an applicant demonstrates that his rezoning request is consistent with the comprehensive plan, then the burden shifts to the local government to demonstrate that maintaining the existing zoning classification accomplishes a legitimate public purpose. Consequently, local governments rezoning a property to a density lower than allowed by the - comprehensive plan land use map may not act in an arbitrary, discriminatory or unreasonable manner. For that reason, it is important that the Board of County Commissioners feel comfortable with the land use plan map and the densities reflected on that map. The county's future land uses are depicted on the future land use map, which is adopted as part of the county's comprehensive plan. The following table identifies each of the county's residential land use designations, their maximum densities, and the number of acres within the county having each designation. Land Use Designation Maximum Density Number of Acres R, Rural Residential 1 unittacre 956 L-1, Low -Density Residential -1 3 unitstacre 12,574 L-2, Low -Density Residential -2 6 units/acre 13,532 M-1, Medium -Density Residential -1 8 units/acre 5,158 M-2, Medium -Density Residential -2 10 units/acre 1,071 In Indian River County, the highest residential land use designation is M-2, Medium Density Residential up to 10 units per acre. The county's future land use map designates only 1,071 acres as M-2. That land is located in two areas of the county. One area is on the mainland, east of US 1, between Oslo Road and the southern boundary of the City of Vero Beach. The other area is in Gifford; it is generally bounded by the City of Vero Beach on the south, 58'Avenue on the west, 49d' Street on the north, and the Florida East Coast railroad tracks right-of-way on the east. FEBRUARY 24, 1998 -50-