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• 555 -5- It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of March 19, 2002. 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 25th Street, SW as a Rural Major Collector Roadway from 43rd Avenue east to 12th 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 the Proposed Figure 4.13. PAST ACTIONS 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. On November 13, 2001, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to transmit the proposed comprehensive plan text amendment request to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for its review. ORC REPORT Consisted with state regulations, DCA reviewed the proposed amendment and prepared an Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report (dated February 1, 2002), which planning staff received on February 4, 2002. The DCA ORC Report, Attachment 5 at the end of this staff report, does not contain any objections or comments relating to the proposed amendment. BACKGROUND For 25th Street, SW, no right-of-way currently exists between 20th Avenue and 27`h Avenue. East of 20th Avenue and west of 27`h Avenue, 25th 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 25th Street SW to connect 20`h Avenue and 27th 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 ‘1,i11 consist of 327 single-family units and an 18 hole golf course. The entire project is generally located between 20`h Avenue and 27`h Avenue; and between 17th Street, SW and 25th Street, SW 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 25th Street, SW remained a Thoroughfare Plan Map roadway. The second reason that the applicant has proposed deleting the subject portion of25`h 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. March 19, 2002 49 •