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Valerie Poindexter, Council Chair and Members of the County Council Page 2 agricultural and grazing land, forest land, game habitats, and areas where urbanization is not found to be appropriate. The applicants are requesting the change of zone in order to create a six (6) lot subdivision. Upon final subdivision approval, the applicants plan to sell five (5) of the resulting lots. The applicants will continue living in the existing permitted dwelling located on TMK: (3) 2-5-047:034. The remainder of Parcel 34 is pasture land for grazing cattle. Parcel 33 is vacant of structures, and is currently pasture land for cattle grazing. 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 20-acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural 6-acre (A-6a) 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 for Parcel 33, the General Plan indicates mostly Important Agricultural Lands with a portion of Low Density Urban and an even smaller portion of Medium Density Urban. For parcel 34, the General Plan indicates mostly Important Agricultural Lands and a sliver of Extensive Agriculture. Important agricultural lands are those lands with better potential for sustained high agricultural yields because of soil type, climate, topography, or other factors. Extensive Agriculture are 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