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Development Committee -3- GP-92-13 and ZR-92-16 (2) existing reasonable alternative sites in the vicinity that are planned for the use and can accommodate the proposal; - A review of the County' s General Plan and the City of Tracy' s Draft Urban Management Plan indicate that there are other areas which could accommodate the proposed use. ACCESS/CIRCULATION: As required by General Plan policy, industrial areas shall be served by a roadway with a minimum of 60 feet of right-of-way. The County Public Works Department has indicated that if the General Plan Amendment is approved, any development of the property will require dedication of Hansen Road from the northerly right-of-way line of the Southern Pacific Railroad to the project site and the roadway must be improved to San Joaquin County Standards. The right-of-way must be 60 feet wide. To dedicate and improve the roadway will require that approval for a public crossing be obtained from the Southern Pacific Railroad. The improvement requirements noted above will also be applied to the bridge which crosses the California Aqueduct, which is approximately 24 feet wide. At the present time there are still numerous questions regarding the bridge. It is not known if the existing bridge was constructed to accommodate loads of the weight which would be crossing it. It is also not known if the bridge can be widened to the width which will be required by the Public Works Department. Preliminary discussions with the Department of Water Resources have also indicated that this bridge is currently under multiple ownership and that prior to any improvements to the bridge, and possibly prior to Hansen Road becoming a public road, an agreement will have to be reached between all the owners of the bridge, the County and the Department of Water Resources. All these questions indicate that it is unknown at this time if public access will be possible to the site. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS: An Initial Study was completed for this project which indicated that the project has the potential to significantly impact the environment. However, it is being recommended that, if the project is approved, that the rezoning application be conditioned in such a manner as to mitigate to a level of insignificance those impacts which were identified as potentially significant. An environmental impact report will be required if the project is not amended to include conditional zoning as recommended. These impacts include the following: