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Coneurrencv of Public Facilities All the sites are located within the County Urban Service Area, an area deemed suited for urban scale development. The comprehensive plan establishes standards for: Transportation, Potable Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Stormwater Management, and Recreation (Future Land Use Policy 3.1). The adequate provision of these services is necessary to ensure the continued quality of life enjoyed by the community. To ensure that the minimum acceptable standards for these services and facilities are maintained, the comprehensive plan requires that new development be reviewed. For land use designation amendment requests, this review is undertaken as part of the conditional concurrency determination application process. 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, ±117 acres of L-2 designated land, ±116 acres of C-2 designated land, and ±1.5 acres of L-1 designated land with a total development potential of ±708 units will be replaced with ±234.5 acres of C-1 designated land. Since C-1 designated property has zero density, the proposed amendment will result in a decrease of ±708 units in the overall development potential of the subject properties. Because of that overall decrease in land use intensity of ±708 units, this land use amendment request is exempt from concurrency review. It is important to note that adoption of the proposed land use amendment will not impact any public facilities or services. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area Under the requested C-1 land use designation, there will be no development on the subject properties except for minor facilities associated with passive recreation activities. For that reason, the subject request will enhance compatibility between the sites and surrounding land uses. In contrast to the ±708 units allowed under the existing land use designations, development under the requested land use designation will be limited to conservation uses and passive recreational uses. In terms of traffic, noise, and aesthetics, the impacts associated with uses allowed under the proposed C-1 land use designation will be significantly less than those that would occur with development under the existing land use designations. In fact, the passive recreational uses allowed under the requested zoning district will serve as an amenity for nearby residential uses. Additionally, because these sites are located adjacent to or near existing conservation areas, the request may enhance the environmental quality of those areas. For these reasons, staff has determined that the requested land use amendment is compatible with the surrounding area. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan 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 land development regulations, the "comprehensive plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of November 13, 2001 52 t s j o C,