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Item No . 1 PC : 6-15-89 MS-89-59 Page 3 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND : The review procedure for Minor Subdivisions is normally Staff Review With Notification. Due to this particular parcel ' s history of land divisions and because of policy conditions , Planning staff has referred this application to the Planning Commission. HISTORY: The original 162-acre parcel was subdivided by Albert Navarra in 1980 ( PM-79-63 ) into four parcels for family members . One of those parcels was subsequently divided in 1985 (MS-85-48 ) by Carl and Albert Navarra into three homesite parcels for family mem- bers , with a remainder of approximately 41 acres . It is on that remainder that this project is proposed . POLICY CONSIDERATIONS : The main issue associated with this Minor Subdivision application is whether it meets the intent of the Planning Title ' s homesite provisions . That intent is to provide homesites for family mem- bers who earn a substantial portion of their livelihood from actively participating in the farming operation. Information provided by the applicant (Attachment A) indicates that a majority of the family' s 400 acres in the County are located over 15 miles away from this 40 . 9-acre parcel . The Attachment also indicates that over 95 percent of the family ' s holdings are out- side of San Joaquin County. The proposed homesites do not appear to be near enough to those holdings to allow the family members to actively participate in the farming operation, nor is the 34 . 9-acre remainder parcel proposed as G part of this application large enough to provide a substantial portion of earned income to an owner-operator and three additional family members. The pro- posal , therefore , does not appear to meet the intent of the Planning Title . ENVIORNMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS : An Initial Study was prepared for this project on April 19 , 1989 , and no significant effects on the environment were identified .