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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS This is a request by Indeco, Inc. to amend Figure 4.13 of the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. That figure is the Future Roadway Functional Classification Map, also known as the Thoroughfare Plan Map. Figure 4.13 identifies 25`h Street, SW as a Rural Major Collector Roadway from 43rd Avenue east to 12`h Avenue. The request is to remove the portion of 25`h Street, SW located between 20`h Avenue and 27`h Avenue (also known as Emerson Avenue and CR 607). Attachment 2 shows Fiaure 4.13 as it currently exists; Attachment 3 shows the Proposed Figure 4.13. On September 27, 2001, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6 to 0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed comprehensive plan text amendment. BACKGROUND For 25`h Street, SW, no right-of-way currently exists between 20`h Avenue and 27`h Avenue_ East of 20`h Avenue and west of 27`h Avenue, 25`h Street, SW exists as part of platted subdivisions and functions like a small local road. Currently, the county does not have any plans to extend 25`h Street, SW to connect 20`h Avenue and 27`h Avenue. The issue of removing a portion of 25`h Street, SW from the Thoroughfare Plan Map is related to the proposed Falcon Trace residential development_ According to a Preliminary Plat application submitted by the applicant, Falcon Trace is proposed to be a 290 acre development that will consist of 327 single-family units and an IS hole golf course. The entire project is generally located between 20`h Avenue and 27`h Avenue; and between 17`h Street, SW and 25`h Street, SW. The Falcon Trace project is scheduled for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission on November S, 2001. Despite the fact that several factors (including the existing development patterns and the lack of existing right-of-way) indicate that the subject portion of 25`h Street, SW will never be built, the applicant has submitted this request for two reasons_ The first reason is to retain the land that would be reserved for public road right-of-way if the subject portion of 25" Street, SW remained a Thoroughfare Plan Map roadway. The second reason the applicant has proposed deleting the subject portion of 25" Street, SW is related to compatibility issues between major roads and residential developments. While the county has many residential developments along major roads, those developments usually provide substantial setbacks and buffers to mitigate the noise, lights and odors associated with major roads. By removing the road from the comprehensive plan, the applicant reduces the chances that the road will ever be built and that impacts associated with the road will need to be mitigated. ANALYSIS This section will present an analysis of the reasonableness of the proposed amendment, followed by a discussion of the consistency of the proposed amendment with the comprehensive plan. ANALYSIS OF REASONABLENESS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT Currently, there is no right-of-way for 25`h Street, SW between 27`h Avenue and 20" Avenue and no plans, long term or short term, to acquire that right-of-way. These facts alone do not justify deleting a road segment from the Thoroughfare Plan Map, particularly a segment that is within the urban service area. In fact, the established grid system of roads significantly benefits the county by November 13, 2001 41