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8. Outside of communities (identified in Figure IV-1), existing industrial areas (which may be expanded), Freeway Service areas, Commercial Recreation areas, and Truck Terminal areas, the General Plan Map land use designation shall be Agriculture or other open space designations. The subject parcel is located outside of a community identified in Figure IV-I of the General Plan. The project is not an expansion of an existing industrial area. The project would create a new industrial area within a larger agricultural area, which is inconsistent with General Plan policies regarding the location of urban development. The proposal does not appear to meet this policy. General Plan Amendment Implementations (General Plan, Volume I, pp. IV- 13,14) Implementation No. 13(b): In reviewing an application for a General Plan 2010 Map amendment to convert land from agricultural to non-agricultural urban uses, the following criteria should be used for evaluation: (1) the merits of the proposed project and the availability of comparable alternative sites in areas already designated for urban uses; There are alternate sites available within the urban community of Tracy that permit an industrial use. The proposal does not appear to meet this policy. (2) the potential for the project to create premature development pressure on surrounding agricultural lands; The project would likely create premature development pressure on surrounding agricultural land as the project site is surrounded to the north by land designated as General Agriculture and Open Space Resource Conservation and to the east by land designated as General Agriculture. The proposal does not appear to meet this policy. (3) the availability of infrastructure: Public water, sewer, and drainage may not be required for a single I-W (Warehouse Zone) parcel outside of an urban area, however public services could be required if the property were to subdivided. (4) the resulting development pattern; leapfrog development shall be strongly discouraged.