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EVALUATION: The easement is proposed on property that is zoned for agricultural purposes and planned to be used for agricultural purposes for the foreseeable future. While the property is not in the flood plain the existing of the wetlands across the property does limit the potential for development. Hall County Comprehensive Plan General Land Use Policies Goal 1 Hall County should manage the land in a cost-effective and efficient manner while protecting the environment and natural resources, as well as maintaining and increasing land values. Guiding future growth and development in Hall County towards a compact pattern of land uses based upon the efficient and economical expansion of public infrastructure will continue to maintain and improve the quality of life for Hall County residents. 1.1.7 Discourage and minimize leapfrog development outside of cities and villages. 1.1.8 Hall County should allow agricultural production in all areas in which agricultural uses are appropriate, and non-agricultural development in agricultural areas should be allowed in specifically designated areas which does not negatively impact the agricultural uses. 1.2.5 Encourage low to zero non-farm densities in prime farmland areas and other agricultural districts by providing residential lot size requirements and proper separation distances between residential and agricultural uses. It would appear that based on the current zoning, the future land use plan for the county, the desire of the county as expressed in the comprehensive plan general land use policies 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.2.5 that it would be in conformance with the Hall County Comprehensive Plan to permit this conservation easement. RECOMMENDATION: That the Regional Planning Commission recommends that the Hall County Board approve this request for a conservation easement as presented. Chad Nabity AICP, Planning Director