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MOUNTAIN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOODS K AND L INITIAL STUDY 5.ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br /> 2.AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES <br /> preparation of this Initial Study, all of Mountain House had an urban General <br /> -4 Plan designation and nearly all of Mountain House had been rezoned, changing <br /> the permitted uses from agriculture to non-agriculture. Consequently,the <br /> agricultural mitigation fee would not be applicable to any development within <br /> Mountain House. <br /> The proposed project would not have any significant new farmland conversion <br /> w impacts not already addressed in the 1994 MEIR or the Specific Plan II Initial <br /> Study. Therefore, no new impacts would result and no additional mitigation <br /> measures are necessary. <br /> b) Would the project conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a <br /> Williamson Act contract? <br /> The Neighborhoods K and L project site does not contain land under Williamson <br /> Act contract, and the site is zoned for urban uses. No significant impacts would <br /> result and no mitigation measures are necessary. <br /> c) Would the project conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, <br /> forest land(as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), <br /> N timberland(as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or <br /> timberland zoned Timberland Production(as defined by Government <br /> Code section 51104(g))? <br /> As noted earlier, project site and surrounding area do not contain forest or timber <br /> resources and are not zoned as forest land or timberland,or for timberland <br /> production. The project therefore would not conflict with any zoning for these <br /> land uses. <br /> dJ Would the project result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest <br /> land to non-forest use? <br /> The project would have no impact on forest land. See Item (c) above. <br /> F! e) Would the project involve other changes in the existing environment <br /> which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of <br /> Farmland to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest <br /> R use? <br /> The project would not involve other changes in the existing environment that <br /> would result in conversion of forest land to non-forest use;see Items(c)and(d) <br /> i above. <br /> -, As noted above,the development of Neighborhoods K and L would result in <br /> conversion of Prime Farmland to non-agricultural use. The following discussion <br /> describes the possibility of impacts on"Farmland'outside the project site. (As <br /> described under Item(a)above,"Farmland'is defined as Prime Farmland, <br /> 0 Unique Farmland,or Farmland of Statewide Importance,as shown on the maps <br /> prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the <br /> California Resources Agency.) <br /> Fl <br /> r �enn,y 5-17 <br />