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Future Land Use Element Objective 4 Future Land Use Element Objective 4 states that the county will reduce the number and length of trips on county roads. The site is located near several of the county's largest employment centers, including the Indian River Mall and the Prime Outlet Mall. Many people who work in those employment centers live in moderately -priced, low to medium density housing. The RM -8 zoning district is intended for such uses. Therefore, the proposed rezoning will increase the opportunity for people who work in those areas to live near their jobs, thus reducing the length of their trips to and from work. For this reason, the request implements Future Land Use Element Objective 4. Transportation Element Objective 11 and Policy 11.1 Transportation Element Objective 11 and Policy 11.1 state that the county will encourage a compact land use pattern (with appropriate densities that are consistent the comprehensive plan's future land use map) in the urbanized area and along major transportation corridors in order to facilitate future mass transit provision. Since the proposed rezoning encourages a compact land use pattern that is consistent with the comprehensive plan along and near several major transportation corridors, this request implements Transportation Element Objective 11 and Policy 11.1. As part of its consistency analysis, staff compared the proposed request to all appropriate objectives and policies in the plan and found no conflicts. Therefore, the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area With this proposed rezoning, compatibility is an issue only with the property to the west. That property is developed as Greenbrier, a single-family subdivision. Properties to the north, south, and east are either developed as, or programmed for, multi -family development. Therefore, no incompatibilities between these properties and the subject property are anticipated to occur as a result of the proposed rezoning. Compatibility, however, is an issue that must be addressed when property adjacent to a single- family subdivision is rezoned to multi -family. Generally, multi -family zoning will result in a higher number of dwelling units being constructed on a given site than would be constricted on that site under single-family zoning. Consequently, multi -family development will result in more traffic and more activity generally_ Because multi -family developments often concentrate parking and other site activities, there are potential noise and lighting impacts that could affect adjacent single-family areas. Most of these compatibility issues can be resolved through the site plan process. In fact, multi- family is often a transitional zoning, separating commercial areas from single-family residential areas. So site design requirements are often used to mitigate compatibility issues in situations like this where multi -family abuts single -fancily. In this case, most potential compatibility issues between development on the subject property and the adjacent Greenbrier subdivision will be addressed at site plan review. At that time, the April 23, 2002