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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT : I ••�!, :._ `.P 1810 E.HAZELTON AVE.,STOCKTON,CA 95205-6232 PHONE:209/468-3121 FAX:209/488-3153 April 21, 2006 MEMORANDUM TO: Development Committee FROM: Karla Kuhl, Associate Planner SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT PRE-APPLICATION NO. PA-0600179 OF ELEANOR RAUSSER TRUSTEE (C/O CRAIG RASMUSSEN) (APN: 007-130- 08, ADDRESS: 26210 N. SOWLES ROAD, GALT) The applicant has submitted the above referenced General Plan Map Amendment pre-application to change the General Plan designation from A/G (General Agriculture) to A/L (Limited Agriculture) of a 90.22 acre parcel. The applicant is proposing to ultimately have this parcel rezoned to AL-10 (Limited Agriculture, 10 acre minimum) and subdivide the property into nine (9) lots of ten or more acres each. The parcel is flat pastureland and appears to have a farm labor mobile home on the property. The parcel is under Williamson Act Contract. The parcels to the north of the project area have scattered residences and have a General Plan designation of A/L (Limited Agriculture) and zoning designation of AL-10 (Limited Agriculture— 10 acre minimum). The parcels surrounding the project area on the east, west and south have scattered residences and have a General Plan designation of A/G (General Agriculture) and zoning designation of AG- 40 (General Agriculture, 40 acre minimum). The project site is located on the southeast corner of N. Sowles Road and Liberty Road in Galt. The Community Development Department has reviewed the proposed General Plan Map Amendment and offers the following comments: General Plan Policies In order to approve the General Plan Amendment, the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will have to determine that the internal consistency of the General Plan is maintained in adoption of the proposed General Plan Amendment. The proposed change must be consistent with all of the various General Plan goals, policies, objectives, and implementation measures. Agricultural Land Use Policy 3(a) General Plan Volume I Page VI-11 Limited Agriculture Function: The Limited Agriculture land use designation will be considered in areas of small- scale agricultural operations where the parcels are generally between five (5) and ten (10) acres in size outside of areas planned for urban development, and in areas zoned AL-5 and AL-10 as of the adoption of this Plan. I