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• Provide adequate access to arterial streets, shopping facilities, schools, employment centers, and other services. • Development shall not be permitted in natural hazard areas unless proper on-site improvements are provided. • Development shall be located in areas where public utilities can be economically provided at a level of adequate to meet the demand for the concentrated service. • Recreational area and/or facilities shall be considered in multiple residential development. Further, the overall project is consistent with the policies of the Land Use element portion of the General Plan. These include: • Designate and allocate land uses in appropriate proportions and mix and in keeping with the social, cultural and physical environments of the County • The County shall encourage the development and maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment • Zoning requests shall be reviewed with respect to General Plan designation, district goals, regional plans, State Land Use District, compatibility with adjacent zoned uses, availability of public services and utilities,' access, and public need • The county shall encourage the development and Maintenance of communities meeting the needs of its residents in balance with the physical and social environment The project intends to be energy conscious through the use and/or encouragement of solar energy and design features to take advantage_ of wind patterns. Maintaining and improving the quality of the environment is important to the success of this project. The General Plan identifies five (5) areas of environmental concerns - air pollution, water quality, soil pollution, solid waste disposal, and noise pollution. As proposed, the project would not be violative of any of those objectives. 24