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_I As per section 910.07(2) of the Concurrency Management Chapter of the County's Land Development Regulations, projects which do not increase land use density or intensity are exempt from concurrency requirements. For the subject request, the size of the C/I node will not change, although the node's shape will be reconfigured Therefore, this land use amendment and rezoning request is exempt from concurrency review because the requested land use designation and zoning changes would not increase the potential land use intensity that the sites could accommodate. It is important to note that approval of this request will not affect service levels for any public facility. In this case, a detailed concurrency analysis will be done in conjunction with site development. That concurrency analysis will address facility service levels and demand. Compatibility with the surrounding area is not a major concern for this request. With or without the proposed amendment's minor reconfiguration, the node's basic circumstances do not change. Those circumstances are that it contains approximately 50 acres and is located at the intersection of two major roads. Most incompatibilities occur where commercial/indusuial land abuts residential land. In this case, all of the land abutting the subject properties is owned by the applicant; therefore, the proposed amendment would not result in any C/I designated land abutting any residentially designated land not owned by the applicant. For those reasons, development of the subject properties under the proposed land use designations and zoning districts will be compatible 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 county code, 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, obiectives and policies are the most important parts of the comprehensive plan. Policies are statement, 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. Future Land Use Element Policy 143 In evaluating a landuse 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 in the approved plan; JULY 119 2000 0V 114 ?G 084 UA -68-