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C has the option to recommend approval or denial of the comprehensive plan amendment request to the Board of County Commissioners. Also, the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend approval of or deny the rezoning portion of the request. If the rezoning request is denied, only the land use amendment request is forwarded to the Board, unless the denial to rezone is appealed. Following Planning and Zoning Commission action, the Board takes final action to approve or deny the land use amendment and rezoning requests. Besides being exempt from DCA review, small scale amendments are also exempt from the state's statutory limitations on the frequency of adopting comprehensive plan amendments. For example, although the number of typical plan amendments that a local government may consider is not limited, the frequency with which local governments can amend their comprehensive plan is regulated by state law. According to Florida Statutes, typical plan amendments are limited to twice per calendar year. For that reason, the county accepts typical plan amendment applications only during the two "window"months of January and July. All requests submitted during each window month are processed simultaneously. That method ensures that typical plan amendments will be adopted no more than twice per calendar year. State law, however, provides several exceptions to the twice per calendar year limitation. One of those exceptions is for small scale plan amendments. Consequently, a local government may adopt small scale amendments, such as the subject plan amendment, without regard for the twice per calendar year limitation. For that reason, the proposed amendment is exempt from the twice per calendar year adoption limit. The overall ±1.93 acre parcel is zoned RS -1 in the county's zoning atlas and consists of estuarine wetlands and vacant uplands that were cleared in the late 1980's. Although each subject property contains both wetlands and uplands, Subject Property 1 is mostly wetlands and Subject Property 2 is all uplands except for a narrow band of wetlands near the shore of the Indian River Lagoon. The overall parcel is bounded on the north (across Earring Point Drive), east, and west by estuarine wetlands; and on the south by the Indian River Lagoon. Although the county's zoning atlas depicts estuarine wetlands within the county as having various zoning designations, all privately owned estuarine wetlands are deemed to be zoned Con -2, Estuarine Wetland Conservation District (up to 1 unit/40 acres). The overall ±1.93 acre parcel and surrounding properties are designated L-2, Low -Density Residential -2, on the county future land use map. The L-2 designation permits residential uses with densities up to 6 units/acre. Although designated L-2 on the future land use map, portions of the subject properties and adjacent lands consist of privately owned estuarine wetlands. Future Land Use Element Policies 1.6 and 1.7 state that privately owned estuarine wetlands are deemed to be designated C-2, Conservation -2. The C-2 designation permits conservation uses, limited recreational uses, and residential uses with densities up to 1 unit/40 acres for on-site development or 1 unit/acre for transferable development rights. March 21, 2000- 93 60n� q :� F�1GE Fes' •