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- CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />Title VIII COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />8. A valid concurrency determination certificate or an application for concurrency <br />determination certificate; and <br />9. Electronic version of the survey and legal description; and <br />109. Applicable fee(s). <br />(c) Within ten (10) fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the application, the community <br />development department shall transmit a letter or an e-mail to the applicant notifying him that <br />the application is complete or identifying those items required to make the application complete. <br />(d) If the comprehensive plan amendment is a land use map amendment, the community <br />development department shall review the application to see if the proposed land use conforms <br />to existing zoning. If it does not conform, the community development department shall forward <br />a rezoning application to the applicant, so that the rezoning and land use amendment requests <br />can be processed concurrently. <br />If a rezoning is necessary, the community development department shall schedule the review <br />process and required public hearings simultaneously with the land use amendment request. <br />(e) The community development department shall prepare a location map for the requested land <br />use amendment. The department shall also prepare an existing and proposed land use map <br />and zoning map, and using aerial photographs as the baso map. This -map These maps shall <br />delineate the property for which the land use amendment is being requested, as well as all the <br />adjacent land uses within three hundred (300) feet of the subject property. This information will <br />be obtained from the survey and supporting information submitted by the applicant. <br />(f) Incomplete applications shall be returned to the applicant with a list of deficient items. <br />(4) Review of the complete application shall begin by completing the following steps for the public <br />hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission: <br />(a) After the application is complete, the community development department shall review it for <br />reasonableness. The community development department shall determine whether the <br />proposed land use amendment is compatible with the surrounding land uses and whether it will <br />comply with the intent of the land use element of the comprehensive plan as well as the intent of <br />the other elements of the comprehensive plan. The following items shall be evaluated during the <br />review process: <br />1. The impact of the land use amendment on the traffic circulation and street conditions in the <br />county; <br />2. The impact of the land use amendment on the county utilities. For the purpose of this <br />review, utilities shall include public water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities; <br />3. The impact of the land use amendment on the other services and facilities which have <br />established levels of service such as drainage, and parks, and educational facilities; <br />4. The impact of the land use change on the county's environmental quality. This shall <br />include, but not be limited to, an evaluation of the effects on environmentally sensitive land, <br />groundwater quality, flood control, existing vegetation and agricultural land; <br />5. The impact of the proposed land use amendment upon any particular need in the county <br />such as housing, agricultural production, special commercial or industrial needs, and other <br />needs as applicable; <br />6. Proximity and potential impact for other services such as , police <br />protection, fire protection, and emergency medical services; <br />7. Compatibility of proposed land uses with existing uses and land use designations of <br />surrounding properties. <br />Indian River County, Florida, Code of Ordinances Page 6 <br />