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`WV SAN 10AQU I N Community Development Department COUNTY Planning Building Neighborhood Preservation Greatness grows fere. August 19, 2019 MEMORANDUM TO: Development Committee , FROM: Rick Griffin, Associate Planner SUBJECT: FLOOD VARIANCE APPLICATION NO. PA-1900158 OF PACIFIC GAS&ELECTRIC CO. (C/O DANE CROUCH) (APN: 129-310-12) (ADDRESS: 1181 NORTH ZUCKERMAN ROAD, TRACY) The applicant has submitted a Flood Variance application for an existing PG&E gas storage facility. The request seeks a grant of relief from the elevation requirements of San Joaquin County's ordinance(Chapter 9- 1605.12(a) Flood Hazards)to build two (2) modular(s) in the 100-year flood plain with the finished floor below the 100-year base flood elevation.The modulars would replace two(2)existing light wood construction trailers with two (2) modulars (one [111,920 square foot open office space modular and one [1] 1,440 square foot conference room modular)designed to withstand the blast load that would be expected in the case of an event. The project site is located on Zuckerman Island, 0.9 mile north of the bridge from W. McDonald Road, west of Stockton. The General Plan designation of the site is A/G (General Agriculture) and the zoning is AG-80 (General Agriculture, 80-acre minimum). The Community Development Department has reviewed the application and has the following comments: Flood Variances The issuance of a Flood Variance is for floodplain management purposes only. Flood Variance criteria are based on the general principle of zoning law that flood Variances pertain to a piece of property and are not personal in nature. The long-term goal of preventing and reducing flood loss and damage can only be met if Flood Variances are strictly limited. A Flood Variance may be granted for a parcel of property with physical characteristics so unusual that complying with the requirements of this ordinance would create an exceptional hardship. The characteristics must be unique to the property and not be shared by adjacent parcels. The unique characteristic must pertain to the land itself, not to the structure, its inhabitants, or the property owners. Flood Variances shall only be issued upon a determination that the Flood Variance is the "minimum necessary,"considering the flood hazard, to afford relief. "Minimum necessary" means to afford relief with a minimum of deviation from the requirements of this ordinance. 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 1 (209)468-3121 1 www.sjgov.org/commdev