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1. APPEAL STATEMENT: 'The internal consistency of the General Plan is maintained in the adoption of the amendment.' RESPONSE: Establishing a new Limited Agriculture area must be consistent with the following General Plan policy: "The Limited Agriculture land use designation will be considered in areas of small scale agricultural operations where the parcels are generally between 5 and 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 proposed reclassification must also be consistent with specific General Plan Agricultural Lands Objectives regarding the protection of agricultural lands needed for the continuation of commercial agricultural enterprises. Approval of the applications would be inconsistent with the intents of both the AG and AL zones, because a new area of small-scale agricultural parcels would be created and the area surrounding the project site containing existing commercial agricultural enterprises would be disrupted. In addition, the requests of those adjacent to this area to have their property added to the proposal show that creating a new Limited Agriculture area would result in pressures to expand it further. 2. APPEAL STATEMENT: "The proposed zone district is consistent with the General Plan.' RESPONSE: The proposed AL-5 zone is one of the implementing zones for the Limited Agriculture General Plan designation as indicated in Table VII-1 of Volume I of the General Plan. 3. APPEAL STATEMENT: 'The proposed zone is reasonable and beneficial at this time.' RESPONSE: It is difficult to show that this proposal, which creates a new area zoned AL-5 and allows for the subdividing of additional agricultural land, is advantageous; nor can it be shown to be timely, given the recent adoption of a new General Plan. 4. APPEAL STATEMENT: 'There will be a continuing agricultural use required under the AL zone.' Establishing a new AL zone will result in the possibility of a 16.37 acre parcel being subdivided for three additional homes, resulting in lessened agricultural viability for that parcel. 5. APPEAL STATEMENT: 'The site history documents the sub-standard production from the existing cherry orchard and the inability for improvement.' BOS LETTER PAGE 2