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Item No. 1 PC : 7-2-85 Z-85-26 Page 1 STAFF ANALYSIS The applicant is requesting to reclassify 34 acres from GA-40 (General Agriculture/40-acre minimum parcel) to EA/AP (Exclu- sive Agriculture/Agricultural Products) . The applicant propo- ses to construct a building for the storage of packaging and crating material for the tomato packing operation currently on the site. Over the years, the site has developed under Use Permit provi- sions as follows: 1 . Parcel 25 ( 15 . 78 acres) , fresh tomato packing plant. 2 . Parcel 24 (4. 23 acres) , cucumber grading and sorting plant . 3. Parcel 23 (2 . 29 acres) , vacant (site of proposed storage plant . 4. Parcel 22 ( 11 . 49 acres) , vacant (future EA/AP uses) . The applicant indicates that the plant frequently receives packing and crating material delivered by truck as there is no storage area available at the tomato plant operation. Construction of a storage building for this material would actually reduce the number of truck deliveries. Storm drainage is currently contained on the vacant area; no change is proposed except for expansion of the ponds to serve the new building. One area of concern is the future use of the vacant area. There are uses permitted in the EA/AP zone which could possibly be developed on that parcel which could be incompatible with the area. Such uses include winery, meat processing, sugar plant , and fruit and vegetable processing. The applicant states, however, that his intentions are to develop the remaining area with similar processing of agricultural products which currently exist on the other sites. Based on the Initial Study, a Negative Declaration has been prepared for the project . FINDINGS A. The proposed zone is consistent with the General Plan: The EA/AP zone has been determined to be consistent with the General Plan designation of Agriculture.