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Mob- Peoples Organization for Land Preservation (P.O.L.P.) <br /> aM Y • )w STRU rw=- Post Office Box 447 — Linden, California 95236 <br /> August 10, 1992 <br /> u 111992 <br /> Steven St. Sure . MWIUi,)I l _. �J;..i``1 UEF7 <br /> San Joaquin County Planning Division PLANNING DIVISION <br /> 1810 East Hazelton <br /> Stockton, C? 95205 <br /> RE: Minor Subdivision Referral, `LS-92-0156. <br /> Peoples Organization for Land Preservation recommends denial of MS-92-0156. <br /> A homesite parcel of 10 acres should be denied because the owner has not substantiated <br /> his intention to continue farming on this parcel. Since his purchase of this <br /> property last year, he has made other attempts to split this 60 acre parcel (VR-9-4) <br /> to no avail Recently the Planning Commission has asked of 10-acre homesite <br /> splits, "How long have you been farming this parcel?" and "What assurances are there <br /> that these parcels will remain in agriculture?" It is the opinion of POLP that <br /> the applicant cannot answer these two questions adequately to be granted this <br /> subdivision. <br /> The size of the parcel (60 acres) allows for a viable economic unit for farming. <br /> A familv could live off a farm that size. Splitting 10 acres off would create a <br /> homesite parcel that could be sold and never more considered farmland. <br /> Also, the split would allow for a homesite on each parcel , thus creating a new <br /> homesite in an environmentally sensitive area. The Calaveras River bank which this <br /> borders is a Rip_ erian Habitat Corridor enhanced by a Wildlife Preserve directly to <br /> the southeast. <br /> T ank Tou for the opportunity to comment. <br /> John E . ers, President <br />