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General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification applications due to the inability to make the required Basis for General Plan Amendments, Bases for Zone Reclassifications, inconsistencies with Water Policy (Board Order R-91-973) and inconsistencies with Wastewater requirements (Development Title Section 9-1105.2[d]). Basis for General Plan Amendment Development Title Section 9-803.4 states that prior to approving a General Plan Amendment application, the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors must determine that the internal consistency of the General Plan is maintained in the adoption of the proposed General Plan Amendment. The proposed amendment must be consistent with various General Plan goals, policies, objectives and implementation measures. Agricultural Land Use policy 3(a) (General Plan Volume 1, Page VI-11) Limited Agriculture Function: The Limited Agriculture land use designation will be considered in areas of small scale agricultural operations where the parcels are generally between five (5) and ten (10) acres in size outside of areas planned for urban development, and in areas zoned AL-5 and AL-10 as of the adoption of this Plan. • The purpose of the A/L General Plan designation is to recognize existing areas of small scale agricultural operations. The subject parcels are 20.89 acres and 27.74 acres, respectively. The subject parcels are substantially larger than the five (5) to ten (10) acre size requirement for parcels to be considered for the Limited Agriculture land use designation. Agricultural Land Use Policy 7 (General Plan Volume I, Page VI-13) Preservation of Agricultural Lands/Compatible Uses There shall be no further fragmentation of land designated for agricultural use, except in the following cases: a. Parcels for homesites may be created, provided that the General Plan density is not exceeded. b. A parcel may be created for the purpose of separating existing dwellings on a lot, provided the Development Title regulations are met. c. A parcel may be created for use granted by permit in the A-G zone, provided that conflicts with surrounding agricultural operations are mitigated. • The proposed lots that would be created from this application would constitute a fragmentation of land designated for agricultural use. The exceptions listed do not apply to the proposed project. Therefore, the proposed project would not be consistent with the General Plan. • Approval of the General Plan Amendment and Zone Reclassification applications would permit a Major Subdivision to be submitted of approximately nine, five-acre parcels, which would represent further 2