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preserved as rural or agricultural lands to maintain open space, scenic <br /> view planes, and natural beauty areas. <br /> 6.2 Strengthening Local Agriculture <br /> This section of the CDP guides efforts to strengthen the local <br /> agriculture value chain, including agricultural land acquisition, <br /> agricultural parks and water systems, the diversification of agriculture- <br /> based businesses on agricultural land, and agricultural tourism. <br /> 6.2.1 Community Objective <br /> Community Objective 11: Enhance and promote local and <br /> sustainable agriculture, farming, ranching, renewable energy, and <br /> related economic support systems. <br /> Further, the proposed request is consistent with the HCDP's Preferred <br /> Land Use Settlement Map and identifies this area as important <br /> agriculture lands, which is consistent with the County General Plan <br /> LUPAG map. The LUPAG map designates the subject site as <br /> "important agriculture land". The County Charter requires all change of <br /> zones to be consistent with the designation in the General Plan. In <br /> this case, the GP LUPAG map and the HCDP concept map <br /> designation is Important Agriculture Land, and thus, the requested A- <br /> 5a zoning would be consistent. � <br /> D. County Zoning <br /> The County zoning of the subject property is Agriculture (A-20a). The <br /> majority of the surrounding properties are zoned (A-20a) with a few <br /> lots zoned (A-10a) to the northeast. While the surround properties are <br /> zoned (A-20a) and (A-10a) the lots vary in size from 2 acres to 10 <br /> acres +. <br /> If approved, the site would be subdivided in a manner generally <br /> meeting with both the Zoning and Subdivision Codes. <br /> Notwithstanding the subdivision requirements, all uses and standards <br /> consistent with the requested (A-5a) zone would be adhered to. <br /> E. Relationship to SMA Objectives and Policies <br /> The site is not located within the County Special Management Area <br /> (SMA). No SMA Use Permit is required. However, as the entire <br /> island falls within the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Area, a <br /> discussion of the request's relationship to the CZM Program follows. <br /> 4 <br />