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r, Bou 10 7 PAGE 54d I development. "Otherwise warranted" is defined in the policy. The proposed amendment expands the definition of "otherwise warranted" to include the following: • land use designation swaps that involve more than one node where all involved nodes impact the same public facilities, and that do not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map; and • the correction of an oversight or mistake affecting property that meets certain criteria. These changes add clarity and certainty to Future Land Use Element Policy 1.22. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.23 sets a minimum separation distance of 1.5 miles between commercial/industrial nodes. The proposed amendment clarifies the intent of the policy. Besides Commercial/Industrial Nodes, the comprehensive plan also establishes Neighborhood Commercial Nodes. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.26 gives the intent of; and the restrictions on, Neighborhood Commercial Nodes. Recently, however, the potential for another commercial area was added to the comprehensive plan. That area can be located within a Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND) project. Through the evaluation and appraisal process, an objective and policies specifically providing for TND projects were added to the comprehensive plan. With the allowance for commercial areas within TND projects, there no longer is a need for new Neighborhood Commercial Nodes. For that reason, the proposed amendment limits Neighborhood Commercial Nodes to their existing areas. Future Land Use Element Policies 1.28 and 1.29 describe the types of uses that are allowed within the Public Facilities and the Recreation land use designations, respectively. Similar to the proposed changes to Policy 1. 16, the proposed amendment adds land use intensity standards to the Public Facilities and the Recreation land use designations. Consistent with recently passed state law, new Future Land Use Element Policies 1.39 and 1.40 encourage schools to locate near urban residential areas, and require the county, to the extent possible, to collocate public facilities, such as parks, libraries, and community centers, with schools. Recent case law in Florida has established that property owners are entitled the most intense zoning district that is consistent with a site's comprehensive plan land use designation, unless the local government's governing body determines that a less intense zoning district on that site serves a legitimate public purpose. November 10, 1998 42