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• • approve this rezoning request due to the gulf between completion of a project which would severely impact the traffic and the resolution of the problem. Commissioner Adams thought the Board has approved previous similar projects and is within the boundaries of the law. She was hearing a broader issue of concern for growth in Indian River County. She agreed that Comp Plan changes need to be instituted. We were comfortable with our Comp Plan until people started operating under it, but now we see the results and we are panicked. She felt it imperative to get something to show us how the County will look when build -out is completed and this needs to be put on the front burner. Director Keating reported he is now in the process of getting fiscal impact model from the state which will allow staff to determine fiscal impacts and look at graphics. Chairman Macht suggested they go back to the public hearing. Commissioner Lowther noted that the Planning & Zoning Commission had the same problem on this application. We are struggling with our own Plan but this is permissible according to Policies 1.11 and 1.12. Commissioner Neuberger asked if the Board could make the Land Use Plan more restrictive than it is now. Director Keating recounted that the Plan was adopted in 1990. In 1996 and 1997 an Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) was done and changes were made in 1998 and 1999. We have to start another EAR in 2 years, and finish it in 3 years. He warned that any changes to the Plan which reduce densities or take away people's rights may come under the Bert Harris Act. County Attorney Collins explained that since 1995 more caution has to be exerted with respect to changing land development regulations. It has definitely become more difficult to make changes since that law went into effect. The point the Legislature was September 23, 2003 21