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V Analysis Background On May 4,2006,the Planning Commission continued Site Approval application No. PA-0500729 due to air quality issues raised by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution District.The SJVAPCD requested a Health Risk Assessment be performed to assess any potential significant health impacts. In May 2007 a Health Risk Assessment was conducted by the SJVAPCD to assess any potential acute or chronic hazards.The HRA concluded the proposed egg production facility is not expected to pose a significant cancer risk or acute/chronic hazard. Proiiect Revision The project is being revised due to the passage of Proposition 2. The applicant is revising the number of chickens from 1 million chickens down to a maximum of 450,000 chickens. In addition, the chickens will be housed in accordance with the Proposition 2 guidelines for housing poultry. Prosect Operations The applicant is proposing to construct the poultry ranch in five phases over a five year period. The lay Douses will house 75,000 chickens each for a total of 450,000 chickens.A belt system will be installed under each bank of chickens to catch the manure. Cross ventilation through the lay houses helps to dry the manure and reduce odors. Each belt is cleared at least twice weekly and the partially dried manure will be transported by truck and stored within the partially enclosed covered 43,000 square foot manure storage facility which is located on the northern portion of the site.The stored manure will be removed from the facility at least twice a year during spring and fall planting seasons.The manure storage facility will be constructed with a concrete floor a minimum of one foot above the flood stage to prevent seepage of material. Normal daily chicken mortality of approximately 20 birds per lay house will be disposed.of on-site using a small incinerator. Chickens in each individual lay house are all the same age,with the ages in each lay house staggered to ensure continual production.When production lifespan of the chickens in a particular lay house has been reached, those chickens are disposed of by incineration on the project site at a rate of approximately 116 hens daily. The project at build-out will utilize approximately seven acres of the 239 acre site.Two houses exist on the project site.The applicant intends to use them for the housing needs of some of the employees.The remainder of the site will be planted in alfalfa. Site Approval The proposed project.is designated under the"Animal Raising—Small Animals" use.type and may be conditionally permitted in the AG-80 zone with an approved Site Approval application. Projects classified under this use type are normally approved using the Staff Review With Notice procedure. This project has been referred to the Planning Commission because of opposition. Williamson Act Two of the parcels involved in the proposed Site Approval are subject to Williamson Act contract No. 75-C1- 102. The contract'restricts development to uses that are compatible with the Williamson Act and Development Title Section 9-1805. (GC Section 51201[e]) Development Title Section 9-1810.3(b) (K) states that Animal Raising is a compatible use on parcels under Williamson Act contract. "Compatible use' as defined in the Williamson Act includes uses determined by the County to be compatible with the agricultural, recreational, or open-space use of land within the preserve and subject to contract. San Joaquin County PA-0500729101ivera Community Development Page 3