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26.1.3.3 Public Vote Required to Increase Existing Residential Parcels of Land Outside Cities and Urban Development Boundaries of Community Areas. In areas outside the incorporated boundaries of Cities and the urban development boundaries of Community Areas, the number of parcels that may be created may not be increased beyond the number of parcels that have been created and exist as of the effective date of this policy, unless either: (1) the requirements of subdivision (c) of Policy 26.1.4 have been satisfied, or (2) the voters of the County of Monterey approve the proposed increase in the number of parcels outside the incorporated boundaries of Cities and the designated urban development boundaries of Community Areas. For purposes of this General Plan “the number of parcels that have been created and exist as of the effective date of this policy” and “any legal, undeveloped lot of record existing on the date this policy becomes effective” means those parcels that are legally eligible for conveyance or for construction of improvements under the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Section 66410 of the California Government Code) by the effective date of this policy.







26.1.4   Development Directed to Community Areas.

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     (c) Subdivisions Outside Community Areas. Lands outside the urban development boundaries of the Community Areas of Pajaro, Castroville, Boronda, Chualar, and Fort Ord shall be subdivided only when the proposed land division achieves one or more of the following objectives:
(i) The merger of small parcels into one or more large, contiguous, and agriculturally viable parcels that will remain exclusively in a soil-dependent agricultural use or exclusively in a conservation use.
(ii) The creation of a parcel or parcels for exclusive agricultural or grazing use, when any such parcel is viable for agriculture or grazing and is permanently deed restricted to agricultural uses.
(iii) The creation of a parcel or parcels for transfer, sale, or donation to a federal, state or local government agency, or to a state-recognized nonprofit group, when any such parcel is permanently deed restricted to protect and conserve such parcel for exclusively agricultural, open space or resource protection uses, or for a public use compatible with the permanent protection of the parcel exclusively for agricultural, open space, or resource protection uses.
(iv) Compliance with the provisions of an approved vesting tentative map, development agreement, or other similar legal commitment made by Monterey County prior to the effective date of this policy, if such vested tentative map, development agreement, or other commitment by the County has provided the landowner with a vested property right.
(v) The creation of a residential cluster development consistent with all the following provisions:

1.      The clustered subdivision will result in new residential units being located immediately adjacent to a city or community area that is capable of providing adequate services, and is conditioned so that such services are in fact provided;

2.      The clustered subdivision will not increase the number of legal parcels existing as of January 1, 2006;

3.      The clustered subdivision will achieve permanent protection of significant natural resources, or agricultural land;

4.      The clustered subdivision will not result in land use conflicts between the clustered homes and adjacent uses;

5.      The clustered subdivision will not overtax the County’s ability to provide adequate infrastructure and services; and

6.       The clustered subdivision will not be developed on slopes over 25%, within a critical habitat, or within 100 feet of a riparian corridor.