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The proposed General Plan Map Amendment appears to be inconsistent with these <br /> General Plan policies. If the General Plan Text Amendment is approved, and Morada is <br /> re-designated as a Rural Community, then the General Plan Map Amendment would be <br /> an expansion of a rural community into an agricultural area and policies would limit <br /> growth to infill. <br /> Location and Character of Development (Volume I, pp. IV-5) <br /> 2. Rural communities shall: <br /> (a) be planned to have minimal growth, mainly infill development with expansion <br /> discouraged; <br /> 6. Development should occur on vacant lots within existing communities as "infill" before <br /> extending beyond the current developed areas of a community. <br /> The proposed General Plan Map Amendment is inconsistent with Policy 2. (a) and <br /> 6. of the General Plan because it would expand Morada, and expansion of rural <br /> communities is discouraged. "Infill" development should occur on vacant lots <br /> within Morada prior to expansion of the community of Morada. <br /> Location and Character of Development (Volume I, IV-13) <br /> 13. General Plan Amendments: <br /> (b) In reviewing General Plan 2010 Map Amendments to convert land from <br /> agricultural uses to non-agricultural urban uses, the following criteria should be <br /> used for evaluation: <br /> • The merits of the proposed project and the availability of comparable <br /> alternative sites in areas already designated for urban uses; <br /> The project site is surrounded by existing residential and agricultural <br /> designated and developed lands. <br /> • The potential for the project to create premature development pressure on <br /> surrounding agricultural lands; <br /> If approved, this could serve as the impetus for future requests to expand <br /> the community of Morada into adjacent agriculture areas. As previously <br /> discussed, lands north and east of the community of Morada are to remain <br /> in agriculture. (Volume Il, X-25) <br /> • The classification of the property in the Important Farmlands Inventory Systems. <br /> The project site is designated as "Prime Farmland". Development of this <br /> project site would result in the loss of 51 acres of Prime Farmland. <br /> Summary <br /> The proposed General Plan Text Amendment does not appear to be consistent with <br /> General Plan policies. Morada has areas designated R/VL (Very Low Density- <br />