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• Policies 1.34 and 1.35 Based on DCA's ORC report and subsequent coordination with DCA sta$ county staff made minor revisions to polices 1.34 and 1.35 to reduce the confusion as to the intent of those polices and to add clarity to those policies. These revisions were not presented at the transmittal public hearing. Policies 1.34 and 1.35 are being revised to rename the "mixed use" land use designation to the "new town" land use designation. Although this floating land use designation does require a mixture of land uses, the "mixed use" label does not accurately describe the type of projects that are consistent with policies 1.34 and 1.35. While the term "mixed use" may describe a shopping center with office uses or a residential area with accessory commercial uses, policies 1.34 and 1.35 are intended to produce self-sufficient communities within which residents may be able to work, shop, and live. In its comments for a previous comprehensive plan amendment (DCA Reference No. 98-IER), Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council staff commented that the term "mixed use" is unnecessarily vague and non -descriptive for what Indian River County anticipates through policies 1.34 and 1.35. Changing "mixed use" to "new town" will eliminate the vagueness of this floating land use designation and more accurately describe the type of development consistent with policies 1.34 and 1.35. This change will require staff to replace the term "mixed use designation" with "new town designation" throughout the comprehensive plan. For the adopted portion of the comprehensive plan, only policies 1.34 and 1.35, are affected by the change from "mixed use" to "new town." Revisions to those polices are shown below. Revisions to the data and analysis section of the comprehensive plan to reflect this name change will be done administratively. Proposed Action: REVISE POLICY Policy 1.34: The m4ed-as@ new town land use designation shall be a floating zone which may be overlaid on any property with an agricultural land use designation (AG -1, AG -2, and AG -3). Each wined --w new town designation shall be approved as a Planned Development (PD) and shall meet the requirements of Policy 1.35. Nodesignation shall be approved except as an amendment to the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. Such amendments shall identify the location of the district on the future land use map and shall update the plan's data and analysis section to reflect the population impacts of the district. Compliance with all iced -use new town designation requirements shall indicate that a proposeded-ese new town district amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan and warrants approval: no FAixed-wenew district shall be established unless it meets the following size requirements: BOUNDARY TO BOUNDARY DISTANCE MINIMUM FROM URBAN SERVICE AREA SIZE • one mile or less 1200 acres • more than one mile but less than six miles 2400 acres • more than six miles 3600 acres no mimedi-Re new town district shall be established unless it is located on or has access an arterial road OCTOBER 26, 1999 -39- • BOOK Ii I FAGE155