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• On February 13, 1990, the county, approved its comprehensive plan, including a new future land use map. After negotiation and amendment, that plan and map were found to be "In Compliance" by the State Department of Community Affairs on August 15, 1991. With the adoption of the new future land use map, the zoning of many parcels was no longer consistent with the future land use map. For that reason, the county adopted a county -wide administrative rezoning on July 21, 1992. Planning staff recently discovered that the subject property was mistakenly omitted from that administrative rezoning. The purpose of this request is to change the zoning of the site to be consistent with its land use designation. On May 27, 1999, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5 to 0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed rezoning. State law provides some special requirements for rezoning requests, such as the subject request, that are county initiated and involve more than ten acres. The most relevant of those special requirements are the following: • The Board must hold two advertised public hearings; • One of the public hearings must be after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, unless four Commissioners vote to conduct that hearing at another time of day; and • The second hearing must be held at least ten days after the first hearing and must be a ,-✓crtiscd at least five days prior to the second hearing. The July 13, 1999 Board of County Commissioners meeting meets the requirements for one of the public hearings. Provided the advertising requirements are met, the second hearing can be held on any weekday atter July 23, 1999, at a time determined by the Board of County Commissioners. The rezoning ordinance then can be adopted at the second hearing. The site and lands to the east, west and north consist of vacant undisturbed pine flatwoods and possibly wetlands and scrub habitat. The subject property is zoned RM -6. Abutting land on the north and west is zoned RS -3. Land bordering the site on the east is zoned EL, Light Industrial. South of 65d' Street, much of the land in this area of the county has been approved for the Southern Dunes Golf Course. Directly south of the subject property, land is zoned A-1, Agricultural (up to 1 unit/5 acres) and is undeveloped except for a trash transfer station and a transmission tower. The subject property and land to the west and north are designated L-1, Low -Density Residential -1 on the future land use map. The L-1 designation permits residential uses with densities of up to 3 unitstacre. To the south of the site, land is designated L-2, Low -Density Residential -2, on the future land use map. The L-2 designation permits residential uses with densities of up to 6 units/acre. Property abutting the site on the east is designated C/I, Commercial/Industrial, on the future land use map. The C/I designation permits various commercial and industrial zoning districts. July 13, 1999 29 • BOOK i a PAGE 7 7