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6 02K I pQ +(7 rr C, '-" " 0-pp • a mistake in the approved plan; • an oversight in the approved plan; • a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property; or • a swap or a reconfiguration of land uses at separate sites. Staff s position is that this land use amendment does meet the second criterion of policy 14.3 When the current Comprehensive Plan was approved on February 13, 1990, the plan assigned a residential land use designation to the subject properties. At the time of plan adoption, the existing uses on the subject properties were single family homes. At that time, the land owners expressed interest in retaining a residential designation on the properties. For those reasons, the subject properties were not designated for commercial/industrial uses and not included in the commercial/industrial node. While the existing use of the properties is single family residential, the location of the subject properties between Old Dixie Highway and U.S., 1, as well as the character of the surrounding uses, indicates that these properties should have been designated for commerciaUmdustrial uses when the plan was originally adopted. The residential designation of the subject properties was an oversight of the approved plan; therefore, this request meets the second criterion of policy 14.3. Future Land Use Policy 1.15 This policy defines the areas that are suitable for a commercial/industrial land use designation. Suitable areas must be within the urban service area and near existing urban centers. The subject properties are within the urban service area and are near existing urban centers. Both Gifford and Grand Harbor are existing urban centers that are near the subject properties and could be serviced by various commercial/industrial uses that might locate on the subject properties. Future Land Use Policy 1.18 Policy 1.18 requires that commercial industrial nodes be located along roads with functional classifications appropriate to the level of activity. Being bordered on the east by U.S. 1, a rural principal arterial roadway, and on the west by Old Dixie Highway, a rural major collector roadway, the subject properties have adequate access to accomodate any commercial/industrial uses. Additionally, both roadways are appropriate to handle traffic that may be generated by a commercial/industrial land use. Future Land Use Objective 4 Redesignating the subject properties to a commercial/industrial land use may reduce the length of daily automobile trips for residents in this part of the county. A reduction in trip length is the purpose of objective 4 of the Future Land Use Element. A commercial/industrial use that locates in the subject area may eliminate the need for residents to travel to a similar use that is located further from their home. This will reduce the length of daily automobile trips generated by those residents and in turn will contribute to attaining objective 4 of the Future Land Use Element. While the referenced objectives and policies are particularly applicable to this request, other comprehensive plan policies and objectives also have relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the subject request for consistency with all plan policies and objectives. Based upon that analysis, staff determined that the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. April 28, 1998 0 I