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BOOK 10 J PAGE 6 43 On October 8, 1998, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7 to 0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed land use amendment and rezoning. On November 10, 1998, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to transmit the proposed land use designation amendment request to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for their review. Board of County Commissioners Responsibility The Board of County Commissioners is now to decide the following: • whether or not to adopt the proposed land use designation for all three subject properties; • whether or not to adopt the proposed rezoning for Subject Property 1; and • whether or not to hold the second rezoning public hearing for Subject Properties 2 and 3 at 9:05 am. at a regular Board of County Commissioners meeting. ORC Report Consistent with state regulations, DCA reviewed the proposed amendment and prepared an Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report (dated February 4, 1999), which planning staff received on February 5, 1999. The DCA ORC Report did not contain any objections or comments relating to the proposed amendment. - Subject Property 1 Bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by SR AIA, Subject Property 1 and adjacent property to the north consist ofundeveloped native upland plant communities and are zoned RM -6, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 6 units/acre). West of Subject Property 1, across SR AIA, is the entrance to the Island Club Subdivision. North of that entrance is the Jungle Trail Conservation Area Stretching from the Indian River Lagoon to the Atlantic Ocean, the Jungle Trail Conservation Area includes the property abutting Subject Property 1 on the north. Formerly referred to as the Cairns Tract, the Jungle Trail Conservation Area consists of more than 100 acres of environmentally important tropical maritime hammock and is zoned RM -6. That land was purchased jointly by the state and the county for conservation purposes. Funds for the county's portion of the purchase came from its Environmental Lands Acquisition Program, while state funds came from the state Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) program. In the future, the county plans to rezone the Jungle Trail Conservation Area to Con -1, Public Lands Conservation District (zero density). South of the Jungle Trail Conservation Area is the RS -6, Single -Family Residential District (up to 6 units/acre), zoned Island Club Subdivision. Land abutting the subject property on the south is within the boundaries of the Town of Indian River Shores. That land is zoned R2A, Multiple -Family Residential (up to 6 unitstacre), and contains the Baytree Condominiums. - Subject Property 2 Located at the northeast comer of 8" Street and Indian River Boulevard, Subject Property 2 consists of +21 acres of coastal oak hammock and ±16 acres of estuarine wetlands. The coastal oak hammock generally is located near Indian River Boulevard, while the estuarine wetlands generally are located along the Indian River Lagoon. Adjacent properties to the north also contain coastal oak hammock along Indian River Boulevard and estuarine wetlands along the Indian River Lagoon. While all of Subject Property 2 is zoned RS -1, Single -Family Residential District (up to 1 unit/acre), only the eastern portions of adjacent properties to the north and south are zoned RS -1. The western portions of those properties are zoned RM -10, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 10 units/acre). Currently under construction on land along Subject Property 2's south boundary is the River Park Place Multiple -Family development. West of Subject Property 2, across Indian River Boulevard, land is zoned RM -10 and contains the Kyles Run Apartments. Although zoned RS -1 in the County Zoning A-das, environmentally important wetlands, such as those along the Indian River Lagoon, are deemed to be zoned Con -2, wetland Conservation District (up to 1 unit/40 acres). MARCH 169 1999 -28-