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Item No . _4 PC : 7-6-89 MS-89-72 Page 3 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND : The applicant proposes to subdivide a 21 . 8-acre parcel into two parcels. Parcel 1 is to be a 10-acre homesite for the owner- operator ; Parcel 2 will contain 11 . 8 acres . The General Plan designation is Agriculture . The zoning is GA-40 (General Agriculture ) , which allows for agricultural uses with a minimum lot size of 40 acres . The homesite provision is an exception to the 40-acre minimum lot size requirement . Ordinarily, homesite parcels are sized under three acres . However, this parcel is under Williamson Act contract , which requires a minimum parcel size of 10 acres . Therefore, the result of providing a homesite parcel for a 21 . 8-acre parcel under Williamson Act contract is a 10-acre parcel and an 11 . 8-acre parcel . The applicant owns two other properties within one mile of the project site : a 13-acre parcel , APN 011-180-08 , and a 23-acre parcel with a house on it , APN 011-180-13 . POLICY CONSIDERATIONS : Section 9-4104 (b) ( 1 ) states that "one parcel of land may be created for the purpose of financing a residence for not more than one ( 1 ) owner-operator of an agricultural enterprise . " Staff is asking the Plannning Commission to detemine whether or not this project meets the intent of the homesite provision of the Planning Title . Staff believes this project does not meet the intent of the home- site provision for two reasons . First , the division of land is not required to acquire financing. The difference between a 10-acre parcel and a 22-acre parcel is not likely to change a financial institution' s decision to finance the construction of a home . Second, the applicant: does not need to create a homesite parcel because he already has a house within one mile of this property. This project does not meet the intent of the owner-operator/home- site provision of the Planning Title because the homesite is not necessary and a division of land would not improve the appli- cant ' s ability to finance the construction of a home . Also, further fragmentation of the agricultural property is contrary to the intent of preserving larger parcels more suitable for econo- mic farming activities .