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-3- E This Sub-finding can be made because the applicant filed a Notice of Non-Renewal on October 23,2009. The application was approved on October 23, 2009. Sub-finding 2 The cancellation is not likely to result in the removal of adjacent lands from agricultural use; This Sub-finding can be made because no area would be taken out of agriculture. The 1.2-acre project area contains a residence, swimming pool, and driveway. No other land would be needed for the bed and breakfast. Approval of the cancellation will not interfere with or alter the current uses on the subject parcel or on adjacent properties. Therefore, the cancellation is not likely to result in the removal of adjacent lands from agricultural use. i Sub-finding 3 f The cancellation is for an alternative use which is consistent with the applicable provisions of the County General Plan; . This Sub-finding can be made because the underlying project is a Site Approval application for a bed and breakfast inn. The General Plan designation for the project area is General Agriculture (A/G) and the property is zoned General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum (AG-40). AG-40 is an implementing zone of the AIG designation. A bed and breakfast inn (Use Type; Lodging Services-Bed and Breakfast)may be conditionally permitted in the AG-40 zone with an approved Site Approval. A bed and breakfast may only be approved if there is an existing residence and the land is not under a Williamson Act contract. Sub-finding 4 The cancellation will not result in discontiguous patterns of urban development; This Sub-finding can be made because the 1.2-acre cancellation is for the already existing residence, swimming pool, and entrance driveway. There must be an existing residence for a bed and breakfast inn to be approved. The bed and breakfast inn would continue to utilize the existing ingress and egress circulation pattern without any disruption or interference with the existing seventeen (17) acres of agriculture. Adjacent to the residence is a winery that has been approved for wine tasting and marketing events for the promotion of wine and the wine industry. There are several residences in the vicinity. The cancellation will not promote or result in a discontiguous pattern of.urban development.