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Clarification of the Future Land Use Map The Future Land Use Maps referred to in the policies of the comprehensive plan have a small scale, are maintained by hand, and are difficult to read. Those maps consist of different shadings and cross -hatchings laid over an 11" by 17" base map that is then reduced to letter size. In the past those maps have generated confusion regarding land use designation boundaries. In contrast, the county now has the ability to produce large scale, precise, computer generated, color maps. The proposed amendment ensures that the computer generated map will be the official county land use map and will be used to determine land use designation and urban service area boundaries. For these reasons the proposed amendment is reasonable. Utility Service to Agricultural Areas Although not changing permitted uses on agriculturally designated land, these revisions to the comprehensive plan increase the opportunities -for approved agricultural businesses located outside the urban service area to connect to centralized potable water and sanitary sewer service. By allowing such connections, the proposed amendment will positively impact juice making plants. packing houses, and other agricultural businesses. The proposed amendment will reduce health risks and encourage agricultural businesses to locate near the urban service area. The incentive to locate near the urban service area is the provision that, unless a health risk is involved, service can be provided only to approved agricultural businesses located within one mile of the urban service area. For these reasons, the proposed amendment is reasonable. Post -Disaster Recovery and Redevelopment Objective 7 of the Coastal Management Element and its associated policies indicate that the county shall complete certain tasks within certain timeframes. One of those tasks, the development and adoption of a Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) as an annex to the County's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, has recently been completed. The proposed amendment revises Objective 7 and its policies to reflect that the LMS task has been completed, that the recommendations of the LMS are being implemented Therefore, the proposed amendment is reasonable. DCA Recommendation Planning staff contacted DCA about DCA's recommendation. During that conversation DCA indicated that it was not clear to them that the all the pans of Policy 7.4 had been completed and that the county would implement the LMS recommendations. To address DCA's concern, staff has included Policy 7 2 which specifically states that the county will maintain and implement the LMS. CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Staff reviews each comprehensive plan amendment request for consistency with all applicable policies of the comprehensive plan. As per Section 800.07(1) of the county code, the comprehensive plan may only be amended in such a way as to preserve the internal consistency of the plan pursuant to Section 163.3177(2) F.S." March 20, 2001