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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review Procedures Although the -number of plan amendments that a local government may consider is not limited. the frequency with which local governments can amend their comprehensive plan is regulated by state law According to Honda Statutes. plan amendments are limited to twice per calendar year. For that reason. the county accepts general plan amendment applications only during the "window.' months of January and July. In this case. the subject application was submitted during the July 2000 window. The procedures for reviewing comprehensive plan amendments involve several steps. First, the Planning and Zoning Commission. as the Local Planning Agency, conducts a public hearing to review the request. The Commission has the option to recommend approval or denial of the Comprehensive Plan amendment request to the Board of County Commissioners. Also. the Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend approval of or deny any associated rezoning request. If the rezoning request is denied. only the land use amendment request is forwarded to the Board unless the denial to rezone is appealed. Following Planning and Zoning Commission action. the Board of County Commissioners conducts two public hearings. The first of those hearings is for a preliminary decision on the land use amendment request. At that hearing, the Board determines whether or not the land use amendment warrants transmittal to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA) for further consideration. A Board of County Commissioners decision not to transmit the land use amendment to DCA constitutes denial of both the land use amendment and rezoning requests If the land use amendment is transmitted. DCA conducts a review which includes soliciting comments from the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. several state agencies, and neighboring local govemments. After its review. DCA compiles its objections, if it has any, in an Objections Recommendations. and Comments (ORC) Report, and transmits that report to the county. After staff addresses any issues that were raised in the ORC Report. the second and final Board of County Commissioners public hearing is conducted. The Board takes final action to approve or deny the land use amendment and rezoning requests at that time. If the Board approves the requests. the amendment is transmitted to DCA for a final determination of compliance with state law. The effective date of the amendment adoption ordinance is when the amendment is found "in compliance" by DCA. Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property is zoned A-1 and consists of citrus groves, several agricultural storage buildings. and a single-family residence with a pond. Properties to the north, south and east also consist of A-1 zoned citrus groves with an occasional single-family residence or storage building. The citrus groves along the site's northernmost boundary appear to be abandoned. Between 90'" Avenue and 58th Avenue, CR 510 is the boundary of the Urban Service Area (USA) with land north of CR 510 being in the USA and land south of CR 510 being outside the USA. Although the land directly south of the subject property, across 851" Street. is outside the USA and currently consists of citrus groves that land is the future site of a north county elementary school. To the west of the site. across a 275 foot wide drainage canal right-of-way and 90'" Avenue. land is zoned RS -3 and contains the Vero Lake Estates Subdivision of single-family residences. At this time. the majority of lots in that approximately 2.500 acre subdivision are vacant. Immediately north of Vero Lake Estates is Sebastian River High School. March 20, 2001 105 BK 1i7PG577