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BOOK iii FADE L7 • At approximately 70 acres, the adjacent C/I designated land on the west and north is large enough to provide additional buffers from Subject Property 2, if necessary. • Due to the high probability of adjacent land to the east containing wetlands, there is limited development opportunity for those lands. For these reasons, staff feels that the proposed land use amendment would not increase potential incompatibilities with surrounding areas. Land use amendment and rezoning requests are reviewed for consistency with all policies of the comprehensive plan. As per section 800.07(1) of the land development regulations, the "comprehensive plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Section 163.3177(2), FS." Amendments must also show consistency 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. The goals, objectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statements in the plan which identify 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—including plan amendment and rezoning decisions. While all comprehensive plan objectives and policies are important, some have more applicability than others in reviewing plan amendment and rezoning requests. Of particular applicability for this request are the following policies and objectives. Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3 In evaluating a land use amendment request, the most important consideration is Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. This policy requires that one of four criteria be met in order to approve a land use amendment request. These criteria are: • The proposed amendment will correct a mistake m the approved plan; • The proposed amendment will correct an oversight in the approved plan; • The proposed amendment is warranted based on a substantial change in circumstances affecting the subject property; or • The proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites and, that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map. In this case, the proposed amendment meets the policy's fourth criterion. As specifically cited in the policy, the proposed amendment involves a swap or reconfiguration of land use designations at separate sites, and that swap or reconfiguration will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the Future Land Use Map. For those reasons, the proposed amendment meets the fourth criterion of Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. Because the proposed amendment meets the policy's fourth criteria, the proposed amendment is consistent with Future Land Use Element Policy 14.3. Future Land Use Element Policies 1.11 and 1.12 Future Land Use Element Policies 1.11 and 1.12 state that the L-1, Low -Density Residential -1, land use designation should be within the urban service area and is intended for urban and suburban scale residential development with densities up to 3 units/acre. December 7, 1999 64