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For those reasons, the county has the following objections : A. Proposed Amendment is inconsistent with Provisions of Chapter 171 , F.S. When annexed, the subject property did not meet Chapter 171 , F. S . requirements for contiguity of the annexed area to the incorporated city area. In this case, the extent of contiguity between the 392 acre annexed area and the city is 230 feet. This does not appear to meet the contiguity standard identified in Volusia County vs. City of Deltona. B. Proposed Amendment is inconsistent with Indian River County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Policies 1 . 17, 1 .32, 14.2, and 14.3 These policies address land use compatibility. As structured, these policies ensure that the county will not create land use incompatibilities with changes to its Future Land Use Map. One of those policies, Policy 1 .32, provides that the county will regulate the use of land in proximity to large-scale public facilities to protect the facilities from encroachment. In this case, the City of Fellsmere proposes to establish residential uses adjacent to one of the county' s large scale public facilities. That facility, the county gun range, is adjacent and contiguous to the Fellsmere 392 property' s proposed residential land use designation. Because residential uses are incompatible with noise producing uses such as gun ranges, this proposed amendment is inconsistent with Policy 1 . 32 . Not only is the proposed residential land use designation of the Fellsmere 392 property incompatible with the adjacent gun range, the proposed residential designation is also incompatible with the existing industrial uses and the industrially designated parcels to the east of the subject property. Because of the noise, lights, smells, and other impacts from industrial facilities, residential uses on the Fellsmere 392 property are not appropriate. Finally, there is the road compatibility issue. Currently, FDOT is developing plans to six-lane 1-95 adjacent to the proposed residential portion of the Fellsmere 392 project. In other parts of the county, the six-laning is generating requests for unaesthetic sound walls adjacent to development projects. To avoid the installation of sound walls and limit the potential for incompatibility, the Fellsmere 392 property should not be designated residential. C. Proposed Amendment is Inconsistent with Indian River County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element Policies 1 .18, 1 .20, and 1 .21 , and 1 .25 These policies indicate that commercial/industrial areas shall be structured as nodes, that node size shall be based on intended use, that node configuration will not produce strip commercial development, and that node sizes are listed in Table 2 . 12 of the Future Land Use Element. 2