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,%we z idai Study—LID Annexation MBK Engineers, "River Islands at Lathrop Hydraulic Impact Analysis."2002 San Joaquin County LAFCo. Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Lathrop Irrigation District Formation. Adopted November 10,2001 2.9 Land Use and Planning LID is an irrigation district formed under State law to provide certain utility services, but has no land use authority. The land uses currently on the Project site are agricultural in nature, but have been approved for extensive urbanization. This urbanization will give rise to a significant number of customers of electrical and telecommunication services from LID. The proposed project site will encompass over 5,600 acres on Stewart Tract and Paradise Cut, in the West Lathrop portion of the City of Lathrop, in San Joaquin County. Stewart Tract is an inland island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and Paradise Cut is a flood control bypass connecting the San Joaquin River and Old River.The entire area is located within the Secondary Zone of the Delta as designated by the State's Water code. The proposed service area of LID corresponds to the entire River Islands planning area of West Lathrop. This planning area is composed of two primary areas: the Paradise Cut Conservation Area(PCC)and the River Islands Development Area(RID Area),which is the portion of the project site to be developed, is bordered generally on the west by Old River,on the north by Old River and the San Joaquin River,on the east by UPRR tracks(formerly owned by SPRR),and on the south by Paradise Cut. The PCC Area is located south of the RID Area, in the area contained within the Paradise Cut levees, between Old River and the UPRR tracks. Another part of the River Islands program,but not included for urbanization and not within the current City limits is the Paradise Cut Improvement Project Area(PCIP) that is located in Paradise Cut, southeast of Interstate 5 (1-5); this area is not part of the LID Project area. The remainder of Stewart Tract located southeast of the UPRR tracks and north of Paradise Cut, is not part of either the River Islands Project,or the LID service area. In the River Islands EIR this area is referred to as Remaining Stewart Tract. The RID portion of the River Islands project,as mentioned elsewhere in this document, proposes 11,000 new residential dwelling units and 4,500,000 square feet of commercial and office uses,as well as lakes, open space,golf courses and other water related recreational opportunities. Impacts relating to this mixed use planned development were fully identified,analyzed and mitigated for in the River Islands EIR. 2.9.1. Regulatory Background City of Lathrop General Plan A city's or county's general plan functions as a"constitution" regarding all future physical development in an area. All other city or county implementing plans and ordinances that relate to the area governed by the general plan must be consistent with it.The general plan is a comprehensive, long-term,and general document that describes proposals for the physical development of the city or county and of any land outside its boundaries that in the city's or county's judgment bears relation to its planning(California Government Code Section 65300 et seq.). It is comprehensive in that it addresses a broad range of aspects if the community's existing and future physical development, including,at a minimum, land use, 46