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• PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER: CPTA 2000-07-0161 It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of November 7, 2000. On February 13, 1990, Indian River County adopted its comprehensive plan. On March 17, 1998, as part of the Evaluation and Appraisal Process, that plan was substantially updated. As required by state law, all development activities must be consistent with the comprehensive plan, and all county activities must conform to plan policies. Occasionally, the plan must be updated to reflect the latest and best available information and to address changed conditions. Additionally, the plan must periodically be reviewed and revised in order to reflect the community's changing needs and desires. For those reasons, the county has initiated this amendment. After a recent review of the plan, staff determined that several elements need to be revised. The affected elements are the Future Land Use Element, the Sanitary Sewer Sub -Element, the Potable Water Sub -Element, the Coastal Management Element, and the Recreation and Open Space Element. The proposed amendments are related to Agricultural Planned Developments (PDs), Caribbean Fruit Fly host plants, the Future Land Use Map, utility service for agricultural businesses located outside the urban service area, post -disaster recovery and redevelopment; and arts and cultural objectives. The proposed additions and deletions to the plan are shown on Attachment 2. In this attachment. deletions are indicated by strike throughs, while additions are shown as underlined. On September 28, 2000, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5 to 1 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed amendments as shown on Attachment 2. On October 19, 2000, the Professional Services Advisory Committee voted 4 to 2 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed amendments as shown on Attachment 2. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENTS BY CATEGORY The proposed amendments can be grouped into six categories based on their subject. Each subject category of amendments is described below. Optional Agricultural PDs The proposed amendments to the Future Land Use Element make Agricultural PDs optional, rather than mandatory, for residential development outside the urban service area. Agricultural PDs are residential subdivisions located on agriculturally designated land (agriculturally designated land is outside of the county's urban service area). Other types of PDs are permitted only within the urban service area. The county's comprehensive plan and land development regulations currently require residential subdivisions of two or more lots (other than a one time lot split) on agriculturally designated land to be approved as Agricultural PDs. Within Agricultural PDs, and PDs in general, special negotiated regulations allow developers additional flexibility in terms of subdivision and lot design (to meet market demand), as long as certain minimum standards are maintained. Among those standards is the requirement that the residential density of Agricultural November 7, 2000 101 rOr •