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r 600K lea PAGE `j - Recreation Recreation concurrency requirements apply only to residential development. Therefore, this rezoning request would not be required to satisfy recreation concurrency requirements. Based on the analysis conducted, staff has determined that all concurrency -mandated facilities, including drainage, roads, solid waste, water, and wastewater, have adequate capacity *to accommodate the most intense use of the subject property under the proposed zoning district. Rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. Rezoning requests must also be consistent with the overall designation of land uses as depicted on the Future Land Use Map, which includes agricultural, residential, recreational, conservation, and commercial and industrial land uses and their densities. Commercial and industrial land uses are located in nodes throughout the unincorporated areas of Indian River County. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify the actions which the county will take in order to direct the community's development. As courses of action committed to by the county, policies provide the basis for all county land development related decisions. While all comprehensive plan policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following policies and objective. - 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 property from districts that do not implement the comprehensive plan to a district that does implement the comprehensive plan. For that reason, the subject request implements Future Land Use Element Policy 1.3. - Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 The subject property has a C/I land use designation. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15 states that the C/I land use designation is intended for a wide range of commercial uses. Since the request is for a medical zoning district on the subject property, the request is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 1.15. - Economic Development Element Objective 1 Economic Development Element Objective 1 deals with reducing the county's unemployment rate. The request promotes this objective by facilitating the continued growth of the health care industry in the county. Past experience indicates that medical uses prefer to cluster near a hospital. By allowing medical uses near Indian River Memorial Hospital, the request accommodates that preference and thus encourages the growth the health care industry. While the above referenced policies and objective are particularly applicable to this request, other comprehensive plan policies and objectives also have relevance. For that reason, staff evaluated the subject request for consistency with all plan policies and objectives. Based upon that analysis, staff determined that the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. JULY 27, 1999 30