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• On March 17, 1998, the county adopted comprehensive plan amendments based on its Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR). Because the necessary deadlines to commence development of the subject property had not been met, the EAR based amendments changed the land use designation of the subject property from C/I to M-1. The purpose of this request is to change the zoning of the site to be consistent with the its current 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 advertised 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 after 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 land to the west are currently zoned CG and consist of a golf course driving range and citrus groves. Land to the south is zoned RM -6 and consists of citrus groves. To the east, also zoned RM -6, is the "River Club" portion of the Grand Harbor residential project. The subject site is bounded on the north by the North Relief Canal. Land on the north side of that canal consists of vacant woodlands and citrus groves and is zoned RS -3, Single -Family Residential (up to 3 units/acre). The subject property and land to the south and east are designated M-1, Medium -Density Residential -1 on the future land use map. The M-1 designation permits residential uses with densities of up to 8 units/acre. To the north, across the canal, land is 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 units/acre. Property to the west is designated C/I, Commercial/Industrial, on the future land use map. The C/I designation permits various commercial and industrial zoning districts. The_ subject property, a developed site, is not designated as environmentally important nor environmentally sensitive by the comprehensive plan. No wetlands -or native upland plant communities exist on the site. According to Flood Insurance Rating Maps, the subject property does not contain any flood hazard areas. July 13, 1999 35 BOOK PAGE •