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Valerie T. Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 2 The owners of each CPR unit wish to have their own title to their respective properties with a separate tax map key. If approved, the property will be subdivided into two separate lots, consisting of the same areas that were approved under the CPR. In order to consider an area for any type of zoning designation, the applicable goals, policies and standards of the General Plan must be adequately addressed. It is only through such a comprehensive policy analysis approach that evaluations and decisions can be made to better time and stage developments to achieve growth determined by the General Plan and related planning documents. The implications of these evaluations and decisions must be also considered as they may have an impact on similar areas in the County. The proposed Change of Zone from an Agricultural (A-5a) to a Family Agricultural (FA-2a) zoned district will conform to, among others, the following goals, policies and standards of the Land Use and Economic General Plan Elements and the General Plan LUPAG Map. The Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide (LUPAG) Map component of the General Plan is a representation of the document's goals and policies to guide the coordinated growth and development of the County. It reflects a graphic depiction of the physical relationship among the various land uses. The LUPAG Map establishes the basic urban and non-urban form for areas within the County. The proposed request conforms to the LUPAG Map, which designates the property as Low Density Urban and Extensive Agriculture. The Low Density Urban designation allows for residential, with ancillary community and public uses, and neighborhood and convenience-type commercial uses with an overall residential density of up to six units per acre. The Extensive Agriculture designation includes lands that are not classified as Important Agricultural Land and includes lands that are not capable of producing sustained, high agricultural yields without the intensive application of modern farming methods and technologies due to certain physical constraints such as soil composition, slope, machine tillability and climate. Other less intensive agricultural uses such as grazing and pasture may be included in the Extensive Agriculture category. Soils within the property are identified as Maile silt loam, 6 to 20 percent slopes (MLD). The Land Study Bureau's Detailed Land Classification System identifies soils of the property as "C" or"Fair" soil for agricultural productivity. Lastly, the ALISH System classifies soils within the subject property as Prime Agricultural Land and "Other" Important Agricultural Land.