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Future Land Use Element Objective 4 Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will reduce the number and length of trips on county roads. The site is located near several employment centers along 9`h Street, SW and 27`" Avenue. Many people who work in those employment centers live in moderately -priced, multiple -family housing. The RM -6 zoning district is intended for such uses. Therefore, the proposed rezoning will increase the opportunity for people who work in those areas to live near their jobs, thus reducing the length of their trips to and from work. For this reason, the request implements Future Land Use Element Objective 4. Future Land Use Element Objective 5 and Policy 5.3 This objective and policy indicate that the county shall allow and encourage a variety of housing styles, including multiple -family. By allowing multiple -family development on the subject property, the request implements Future Land Use Element Objective 5 and Policy 5.3. As part of its consistency analysis, staff compared the proposed request to all the applicable objectives and policies in the plan and found no conflicts. Therefore, the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. .mmpati� with the Surrounding Area The following factors generally indicate that the subject property is appropriate for multiple -family development: • The site is located near a major intersection and accessed from two major roads (27th Avenue and 91h Street, SW); • The site is adjacent to an existing multiple -family zoning district; • The site is adjacent to commercially zoned land; • Adjacent single-family zoned land to the east of the subject property is owned by the Indian River School District and is unlikely to be developed with single-family uses; and • Adjacent single-family zoned land to the northwest of the subject property is owned by the Salvation Army and is also unlikely to be developed with single-family uses. The following factors indicate that potential impacts on surrounding property could be mitigated: One hundred twenty feet of road and canal right-of-way separate single-family zoned land to the north of the subject property from the subject property. Setbacks provide an additional 40 feet of separation between buildings on the site and buildings on surrounding property. County land development regulations require multiple - family developments to provide trees and hedges along thoroughfare plan roads (such as 5`h April 11, 2000 M, BOOK. M PAGE 44