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These changes are relatively minor. They add clarity to the policies and address issues (such as the land use designation of spoil islands in the Indian River Lagoon and land use designation swaps) that, due to oversights, were not addressed in the original plan. Because they correct oversights in the comprehensive plan, the proposed amendments are consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. Although required by state law, land use intensity standards for the Commercial/Industrial, Public Facilities, and Recreation land use designations were not specifically included in the comprehensive plan. Although the plan was amended numerous times, neither the county nor the state reviewing agency (the Department of Community Affairs) noticed this situation until recently. The omission from the comprehensive plan of land use intensity standards for commercial/industrial land use designations constitutes an oversight. By adding land use intensity standards for the Commercial/ Industrial, Public Facilities, and Recreation land use designations to the comprehensive plan, the proposed amendment corrects that oversight. For that reason, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. Each of these proposed amendments relates directly to recent changes in state law. Those changes constitute a change in circumstances affecting the proposed amendments. For that reason, these proposed amendments are consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. When adopted, the plan set general land use and zoning guidelines. Since plan adoption, however, case law has specifically determined that landowners are entitled to the most intense zoning district that is consistent with the site's land use designation, unless the governing body determines that a less intense zoning district serves a legitimate public purpose. The proposed amendments set specific criteria indicating when a site may be given a zoning district other than the most intense allowed by the land use designation. The case law determinations constitute a change in circumstances that affects the proposed amendments. For that reason, these proposed amendments are consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. Although provisions for small scale amendments were present in state law, the county did not take advantage of them until the recent Hale Groves amendment. While processing that amendment, it became clear that local criteria, in addition to state criteria, would be necessary to determine which, if any, future amendments would be processed as small scale amendments. The fact that such criteria were not originally included in the plan constitutes an oversight. By setting criteria for processing an amendment as a small scale amendment, the proposed change corrects that oversight. For that reason, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. While Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3, is particularly applicable to these proposed plan amendments, other comprehensive plan policies and objectives also have relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the proposed amendments for consistency with all plan policies and objectives. Based upon that analysis, staff determined that the proposed changes to the Future Land Use and Intergovernmental Coordination Elements are consistent with the comprehensive plan. ANALYSIS OF REASONABLENESS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Future Land Use Element The changes to this policy can be divided into two groups. The first group of changes more specifically describe the types and intensities of recreational uses allowed in the Conservation land use designations. These changes allow only passive recreational uses (such as nature centers and MARCH 16, 1999 U -53-BOOK lu� FAGE 668