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Supervisors shall determine that the internal consistency of the General Plan is maintained in the adoption of the Amendment. The Community Development Department has reviewed the proposed application and offers the following comments: Key Plan Strategies (Volume I, Growth Accommodations, pg. III-2) • Rural communities shall grow primarily through infill and should not be expanded. The proposed project appears to be inconsistent with the General Plan because the General Plan Map Amendment would be an expansion of the rural community of Collierville. The General Plan Map for Collierville indicates that there is existing, vacant residential land within the rural community of Collierville that could potentially be developed. Growth Accommodation & General Plan Policies (Volume I, IV.) Community Organization and Development Pattern, pgs., IV-2-5) Volume I of the General Plan states, "that rural communities have either historically served as a focus of activity for surrounding agricultural areas or are concentrations of homesites, and are usually surrounded by commercial agricultural activities." The complete range of urban services typically found in urban communities is not generally available, nor encouraged in rural communities. In most areas, water is provided by individual wells, sewage disposal is by individual septic tank-leach field systems, and drainage is either accomplished by ponds on individual parcels or is non-existent. It is the intent of the County to maintain these areas as they are, not to encourage their expansion or the formation of new rural communities. Location and Character of Development (Volume I, pp. IV-5) 2. Rural communities shall: (a) be planned to have minimal growth, mainly infill development with expansion discouraged The proposed project is inconsistent with Policy 2. (a) of the General Plan because the General Plan Map Amendment would expand the northern boundary line of the rural community of Collierville. 6. Development should occur on vacant lots within existing communities as "infill' before extending beyond the current developed areas of a community. The proposed project appears to be inconsistent with Policy 6. of the General Plan because the General Plan Map for Collierville indicates that there is vacant undeveloped residential land within the rural community of Collierville. 2