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General Plan Policies: Residential Development General Plan Volume 1, Policy 1. a. (pg. IV-18) states the following in regards to areas designated as Rural Residential: (1) Density: 1 to 5 dwelling units per 5 gross acres. Population density of 3 to 15 persons per 5 gross acres. • If approved, any development on this 108-acre area would have to meet the density requirement of one to five dwelling units per 5 gross acres. (2) Typical Housing Type: Detached, single family dwelling units. • If approved, residential development would be subject to this requirement. (3) Locational criteria: Appropriate in rural communities and only for areas of existing rural residential densities in urban communities. • General Plan Volume II Table VII.D-3: Collierville Proposed Land Use Plan states that there are 945 acres of Rural Residential designated land, of which 479 acres are already developed and 466 remaining acres of vacant land. The zone reclassification would expand the eastern boundary of the rural community of Collierville and increase the total number of acres designated for residential development from 945 acres to 1,053 acres. General Plan Community Organization and Development Pattern I. Growth Accommodation states "it is the intent of the county to maintain these [rural communities] areas as they are and not to encourage their expansion or the formation of new rural communities." The proposed amendment area is not in an existing rural community and, if approved, would be expanding the rural community of Collierville, which would be inconsistent with the General Plan. General Plan Key Plan Strategy No. 1 Growth Accommodation (Volume 1, pg.111-2) states that "rural communities shall grow primarily through infill and should not be expanded." 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. Zone Reclassifications: Bases for Zone Reclassification In order to approve an application for a Zone Reclassification, the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors shall determine that the following Bases for Zone Reclassification can be made in the affirmative: a) The proposed zone district is consistent with the General Plan, any applicable Master Plan, and any applicable Specific Plan. • The proposed Zone Reclassification is inconsistent with the General Plan because "infill' development should occur on the vacant lots prior to expanding 2