Draft EAR-based Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment
Introduction
The County’s Comprehensive Plan operates under the State’s Growth Management Act that was passed in 1985 (Chapter 163, Part II, F.S.). This Act requires all local governments in the State to maintain comprehensive planning programs based upon an adopted local government comprehensive plan. As part of this process, the local government must monitor changing conditions and must use this information to guide periodic amendments to the local comprehensive plan. This process is known as the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) process.
The EAR process, which occurs once every seven years, more specifically described in Section 163.3191, F.S., is a two-phase process. The first phase involves the preparation of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report or EAR by the local government and second phase ends with the adoption of what are termed EAR-based amendments. The EAR evaluates the performance of the various elements of the local government comprehensive plan since the previous EAR-based amendment process. It assesses the successes and shortcomings of the various goals, objectives, policies and programs included within the local comprehensive plan and provide recommendations for necessary changes.
The County’s EAR update began with an extensive public input and scoping process to identify major community issues that were addressed with the preparation of the EAR by County staff. The EAR was adopted by the County Council on August 17, 2006 and the Department of Community Affairs subsequently found the EAR sufficient on October 30, 2006. The recommendations contained in the EAR are the basis of the draft amendments to the County’s Comprehensive Plan as presented in the text for each Element. The EAR-based amendments, once adopted by the County Council and found in compliance with Chapter 163, F.S., then become part of the goals, objectives and policies of the local plan until the next EAR cycle.
The changes to the text for each Element of the Comprehensive Plan are shown in underline and double-strike through format. In most cases, comments (highlighted in grey) follow the change to the text to explain the reason and source for the change. Generally speaking, the source for the change is the EAR itself since, as noted above, the EAR provides the framework for making the recommendations for the changes needed to update County’s Comprehensive Plan. In some cases, the County essentially committed in the EAR to making the change and, in other cases, the County indicated that it would consider making a change. Situations are identified in which a change was considered in the EAR, but upon further consideration during the EAR amendment process, the decision was to not make a change. In other cases, the change is simply to correct organizational, statutory and administrative rule, or other similar references that may not have been identified in the EAR. In a few cases, the EAR identified instances where data and analysis were needed to consider a specific change to the Comprehensive Plan as part of the EAR-based amendment phase. The additional data and analysis are identified by the comments and are provided as an appendix to the amended element.
Draft EAR-based changes to the Text for each Element of the Comprehensive Plan:
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Administrative Map Amendments |
Item 03 CPA-07-2-3 DeLeon Springs EAR-Based
Proposed amendment consists of approximately 328 acres located off the Spring Garden Ranch Road corridor in the DeLeon Springs area. The amendment is to change the Future Land Use of property from Agriculture Resource (AR) to Rural (R) on the County Future Land Use Map.
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Text Amendments |
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