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F, BOOK Wa PAGE 77 - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.3 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.3 states that the county shall maintain its zoning districts to ensure the implementation of the comprehensive plan. The subject request would change the zoning of the subject properties from districts that do not implement the comprehensive plan to districts that do implement the comprehensive plan For that reason, the subject request implements Future Land Use Element Policy 1.3. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.6 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.6 limits the C-1 land use designation to publicly owned land with conservation and/or recreational uses. Since the Con -1 zoning district is also limited to publicly owned land with conservation and/or recreational uses, the Con -1 zoning district is consistent with, and allowed on, C-1 designated land. For these reasons, the request is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.6. As part of the staff analysis, all policies in the comprehensive plan were considered. Based upon this analysis, staff determined that the proposed rezoning is consistent with the comprehensive plan. The sites' existing zoning districts offer only limited, if any, environmental protections. Development on the residentially zoned subject properties would be required to preserve only 15 percent of the upland habitat of the sites. Agriculturally zoned land is not required to preserve any native upland habitat. In contrast, under the proposed Con -1 zoning district, the entire area of each site would be preserved, and development would be limited to conservation and compatible passive recreational uses. Although the sites are publicly owned and could be developed as public parks under the existing zoning districts, the proposed zoning district provides the sites with additional protection from development. By prohibiting most types of development on the sites, the proposed rezonings will ensure that the environmental quality of the sites will be preserved For these reasons, the proposed rezonings are anticipated to positively impact the environmental quality of the subject properties. As noted in the Description and Conditions section of this staff report, state law requires that the Board of County Commissioners hold two public hearings prior to approving county initiated rezonings of more than ten acres. Although normally applied to ensure public participation when the county initiates the rezoning of privately owned land, this requirement also applies to county initiated rezonings of publicly owned land The July 13, 1999 Board of County Commissioners meeting will meet state requirements for one of the public hearings. The second public hearing then must be held at least 10 days after the first hearing. Additionally, state law requires that at least one of the public hearings be held after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, unless four commissioners vote to conduct that hearing at another time of day. In this case, several factors indicate that holdingthe second rezoning public hearing at 9:05 a.m. at a regular Board of County Commissioners meeting would be sufficient to ensure public participation. Those factors include the following: July 13, 1999 26 r� u C