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Analysis Background Site Approval No. PA-0300258 was deemed complete for processing on June 10, 2003. The project was reviewed, and the Community Development Department scheduled a Development Committee meeting for July 16, 2003, to meet with the applicants to discuss the project. The applicants did not attend the Development Committee meeting and did not return the Community Development Department's repeated phone calls and corresponding letters requesting additional information regarding the project. In June of 2004, the Community Development Department was able to obtain enough information from the applicant to process the application and refer the project to the Planning Commission. Operational Characteristics The farm labor contractor lives on the premises. The farm managers go to the project site on a weekly basis to pick up paychecks for their farm labor employees. The farm labor employees are dispatched to the contracted farms by phone and do not ao to the project site. The applicant states that the items stored on the premises, including portable toilets, trailers, etc.,are transported to the various work sites by the farm labor contractor. Access Development Title Section 9-1015.3(h) states that access driveways shall have a width of no less than twenty-five (25)feet for two-way aisles and sixteen (16) feet for one-way aisles, except that in no case shall driveways designated as fire department access be less than twenty (20) feet wide. The parcel currently has three (3) separate access driveways from Jack Tone Road that do not meet this requirement. As a condition of approval, the applicant will be required to widen all driveways used as part of the project to satisfy this requirement. Outdoor Storage Development Title Section 9-1022.4(d) states that all storage materials and related activities, including storage of trash, shall be screened so as not to be visible from adjacent properties and public rights-of- way. Screening shall be six(6)to seven (7)feet in height. Outside storage is not permitted in front yards, street side yards, or in front of main buildings. The Site Plan shows two areas designated for storage of project related equipment and materials (i.e. portable toilets, ladders, trailers, etc.). As a condition of approval the applicant will be required to screen the outdoor storage areas from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way. Trucks and/or vans do not need to be screened because they will be parked on surfaced asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete. Neighborhood Opposition The Community Development Department received four (4) letters of opposition and one additional letter of opposition with twenty-one (21) signatures. The letters are primarily concerned with the amount of traffic generated by the proposed farm labor contract business. The Department of Public Works has reviewed the proposed project and determined that the project related traffic impacts will be less than significant. As a standard condition of approval, the applicant will be required to pay Traffic Impact Mitigation Fees and improve all driveway approaches in accordance with the requirements of San Joaquin County Standards R- 17 prior to issuance of the occupancy permit. The Community Development Department is recommending San Joaquin County PA-0300258WIonzo Community Development Page 3