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5.6 LAND USE The proposed power plant site would be located within the Conical Surface as shown in Figure 5.6-5. The proposed gas pipeline would cross the following zones: • Conical Surface: a surface extending outward and upward from the periphery of the horizontal surface at a slope of 20 to 1 for a horizontal distance of 4,000 feet for non-military runways. • Horizontal Surface: a horizontal plan 150 feet above the established airport elevation, the perimeter of which is constructed by swinging arcs of specified radii from the center of each end of the primary surface of each runway of the airport and connecting adjacent lines tangent to those arcs. The Kingdon Airport has a designated horizontal surface of 5,000 feet. • Approach Surface (Inner Approach and Runway Protection Zone): a surface longitudinally centered on the extended runway centerline and extending outward and upward from each end of the primary surface for non-military runways. The inner edge of the approach surface expands uniformly to a width of 1,250 feet for Kingdon Airport. The approach surface extends for a horizontal distance of 5,000 feet at a slope of 20 to 1. Both the Inner Approach surface and the Runway Protection Zone that would be crossed by the proposed gas pipeline route are located within the Approach Surface. The Runway Protection Zone is 1,000 feet long with an outer width of 450 feet at Kingdon Airport. In the Runway Protection Zone, agricultural uses and open space uses are permitted if they do not attract birds, do not create a population density of more than two persons in an acre at any one time,and do not have structures of any type located on the site. Utility use and petroleum storage use are prohibited uses in this zone. In the Inner Approach Zone,no land use that would result in a density of greater than 10 persons in any one acre at any one time is permitted in this zone. Utility uses are permitted, and natural gas and petroleum pipelines and petroleum storage are prohibited uses in this zone. In the Conical and Horizontal Zones,few restrictions are necessary.Very tall structures should be evaluated to ensure that they will not be aircraft hazards (SJCOG,1993). 2008 Draft Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan The ALUCP addresses seven airports located within San Joaquin County6 (SJCOG,2008). The Kingdon Airport currently has one northwest/southeast-oriented runway that is 60 feet wide and 3,705 feet long. Future airport plans include a 1,000-foot extension of the runway to the northwest to accommodate aircraft that cannot operate currently at the airport. The current annual airport operations are 24,472;long-range (20-year forecast) operations after additional services and improved facilities are implemented are expected to be 84,500 (SJCOG,2008). The ALUCP indicates that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has no authority to remove or to prevent construction or growth of objects deemed to be obstructions to the airport;that authority remains with local governments having jurisdiction over land uses. 6 The airports addressed in the Draft 2008 ALUCP are:Byron Airport,Kingdon Airport, Lodi Airpark,Lodi Airport,New Jerusalem Airport,Stockton Metropolitan Airport,and Tracy Municipal Airport. 5.6-16 SAC/371322/082340004(LEC_5.6_LAND_USE.DOC)