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I� ri rproposed project, the adjacent residential uses would be directly exposed to several. �! nuisances throughout the life of the project and the proposed project must be considered incompatible with residential uses in the immediate area. This would be a significant and unavoidable impact. !I Impact 4.3-5 Consistency with Existing Land'Use/Zoning , All Quarry Excavation Alternatives (1 2 and 3) r The project site has two General Plan land use designations: Open Space Resource Conservation (which corresponds with the Mineral Resource Zones established by the , r California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology) and General !� Agriculture. The entire project site is zoned General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum (AG- 40). Per the San Joaquin County Development Title, Section 9-600 et seq., quarry operations in areas zoned AG-40 are uses which are permitted subject to the approval of a Quarry Excavation Permit. In their application to the County, the proponent has requested consideration and approval of a Quarry Excavation Permit for the proposed !! project (the subject of this EIR). No amendments to the General Plan or rezoning would be required to implement the proposed project. This is a less-than-significant impact. y Alternative 4: No Project ' Alternative 4 (No Project)would result in the continued use of the project site as is currently allowed under existing zoning and land use designations, and therefore no consistency issues would be generated. Impact 4.3-6 Cumulative Effects F All Quarry Excavation Alternatives (1 2 and To date, the County has generally designated and protected thep 1 ro�ect site and r surrounding areas within the MRZ-2 zone for future mining. Policies within the General Plan address the need to carefully coordinate urban development and mining to minimize K the inherent conflicts. Farmland resource protection is addressed by the County Zoning Code and objectives and polices in the Resources chapter of the General Plan. Mining operations are permitted on agricultural properties within the County in Open Space Resource Conservation zones subject to a resources excavation permit. The General Plan provides for the orderly extraction of minerals and subsequent reclamation of mined areas with minimal adverse impacts on surrounding land uses, unless those lands have already 'i been committed to other uses. San Joaquin County considers resource extraction as an interim use of land. Mined and reclaimed sites are generally reused for agriculture or open !I space, either permanently or as additional interim uses until such time as final reuse plans are adopted. Therefore, the cumulative effects of mining are not considered significant. { Draft Environmental Impact Report 4-35 ER-96-3 I�