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r_ <br />BOOK 108 PAGE 99 <br />- Future Land Use Element Objective 4 <br />Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will reduce the number and length of <br />trips on county roads. <br />The site is located adjacent to or near several of the county's largest employment centers, including <br />the US 1/37' Street Hospital Node and the Vero Beach Municipal Airport. Many people who work <br />in those employment centers live in moderately -priced, low to medium density housing. The RM -8 <br />zoning district is intended for such uses. Therefore, the proposed rezoning will increase the <br />opportunity for people who work in those areas to live near their jobs, thus reducing the length of <br />their trips to and from work. For this reason, the request implements Future Land Use Element <br />Objective 4. <br />- Transportation Element Objective 11 and Policy 11.1 <br />Transportation Element Objective 11 and Policy 11.1 state that the county will increase densities in <br />the urbanized area and along major transportation corridors in order to facilitate future mass transit <br />provision. Since the proposed rezoning will increase the allowed density along and near several <br />major transportation corridors, this request implements Transportation Element Objective 11 and <br />Policy 11.1. <br />As part of its consistency analysis, staff compared the proposed request to all the objectives and <br />policies in the plan and found no conflicts. Therefore, the request is consistent with the <br />comprehensive plan. <br />Because the subject property is nearly surrounded by either major roads or other multiple -family <br />zoning districts, compatibility is not a major concern with respect to this request. Although several <br />citrus groves currently abut the subject property, the county anticipates that those groves will <br />eventually be converted to residential uses. <br />Staff s position is that multiple -family residential development is appropriate for the site and that <br />such development would be compatible with surrounding land uses. Located adjacent to the US <br />1/37" Street Hospital node and near the Vero Beach Municipal Airport, the subject property is <br />particularly well suited to meet the demand for multiple -family housing generated by those <br />employment centers. In effect, the proposed rezoning would increase the opportunity for people to <br />live near their place of employment. <br />With most of the site already zoned for multiple -family uses, this request is primarily for a density <br />increase (consistent with the comprehensive plan). Since the density increase meets the concurrency <br />test and is consistent with the site's future land use designation, the request is not anticipated to <br />negatively impact surrounding areas. For these reasons, staff feels the requested zoning district <br />would be compatible with adjacent residential development. <br />Being a citrus grove, the site has been altered. Since the subject property contains no <br />environmentally important land, such as wetlands or sensitive uplands, development of the site is <br />anticipated to have little or no impact on environmental quality. For this reason, no adverse <br />environmental impacts associated with this request are anticipated <br />MARCH 9, 1999 <br />68 <br />