West Mojave Plan FEIR/S - Desert Managers Group

through “resource use” designation. Three resource areas list wildlife and botanical preservesamong their primary permitted uses: Resource Reserve, Extensive Agriculture and ResourceManagement Areas. The Resource Management Areas include important open space lands andwildlife habitat (page 8-3). These areas are primarily for “recreational activities, livestockgrazing…ranching facilities, wildlife and botanical preserves … one single-family dwelling unit”(page 8-3). The resource designations limit development to one dwelling unit per 20 acres (page6-1). There are twelve areas zoned for Specific Plans within Kern County. These areas requiresurveys and mitigation for impacts on biological resources.3.1.3.3 Los Angeles CountyAntelope Valley Areawide General Plan: The 1986 Antelope Valley AreawideGeneral Plan anticipates that most urban growth in Los Angeles County would continue near theurban centers of Lancaster and Palmdale. Quartz Hill is the largest of the unincorporatedcommunities and the plan recognizes the predominately semi-urban character of the area bydesignating moderate residential densities for the areas already so developed, and lesser densitiesto the northeast and southwest of the community (Antelope Valley Areawide General Plan atpage III-2). In addition, the General Plan provides for the protection of the existing rural lowdensitylifestyle of several rural communities including Acton, Crystalaire, Lake Hughes-Elizabeth Lake, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Pearblossom, Lake Los Angeles and Sun Village.Several very low-density rural villages are scattered throughout the Antelope Valley such asJuniper Hills and Antelope Acres (Id. at page III-2). According to the general plan, the principalelements that have shaped the pattern and intensity of land uses in the Antelope Valley includethe major transportation corridors, Edwards Air Force Base, the future Palmdale InternationalAirport, the U.S. Air Force Plant 42, and Fox Field (Id. at page III-1).Chapter 3 3-15