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0 LJ - Future Land Use Element Policy 13 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. Based on the analysis, staff has determined that the proposed rezonings are consistent with the comprehensive plan, compatible with all surrounding land uses, and will cause no adverse impacts on the provision of public services. The proposed changes will ensure the preservation of environmentally sensitive and important habitat. For these reasons, staff supports the request. Based on the analysis, staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve this request to rezone the subject properties to Con -1 by adopting the attached ordinance. 1. Rezoning Application 2. Subject Property 1 Location Map 3. Subject Property 2 Location Map 4. Subject Property 3 Location Map 5. Approved Minutes of the May 27, 1999 Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting 6. Rezoning Ordinance JULY 279 1999 41 BOOK FACE �'