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------------- the General Plan designation of the 44.25 acres of Loduca Estates from A/G to R/R. The Development Committee memo dated April 7, 2004 states that "the proposed project does not appear to be consistent with the policies and implementation measures of the General Plan."The current project is a 16.29-acre portion of the proposed project under PA-0400077. The applicant states that the purpose of changing the General Plan would be to subdivide the parcel into 2-acre parcels for homesite construction. General Plan Issues In order to approve the General Plan Amendment, the Board of Supervisors will have to determine that the internal consistency of the General Plan is maintained in the adoption of the proposed General Plan Amendment. The Community Development Department has reviewed the proposed General Plan Amendment application and offers the following comments: 2. Residential Development (Volume I P. IV-18) Policy 1. (a) Rural Residential: (3) Locational Criteria: Appropriate in rural communities and only for areas of existing rural residential densities in urban communities. • The proposed General Plan Amendment request does not meet the locational criteria listed for rural residential development. The parcel proposed for amendment is not located within an existing rural or urban community. A. Community Organization and Development Patterns (Volume I, p. IV-4 through 6) Objective 3. To minimize the effect on agricultural lands and other environmental resources while providing for orderly growth. • The proposed General Plan Amendment is inconsistent with this objective of the General Plan because it will create disorderly residential growth in the center of an established agricultural area. Policy 5. Development shall be orderly and compact. • The proposed General Plan Amendment is inconsistent with this policy because the amendment would result in a cluster of residential development in the center of an agricultural area outside of existing rural and/or urban communities. Policy 7. Residential, commercial, and industrial development shall be shown on the General Plan Map only in communities identified [in the General Plan), except in the following instances: (a) contiguous, industrial expansion of existing industrial areas; (b) Freeway Service areas; (c) Commercial Recreations areas; or (d) Truck Terminal areas. 2