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4.1 LAND USE AND PLANNING POLICY &feet until it is super-seded by the.2010 Plan. , The proposed project must conform to the eNisfing 199 General Plan and its zoning requirements. This land use discussion will evaluate the proposed project according to the zoning ordinance, exeept ..mere-�.e ,,d D,.,,Ft and 2010 Plan. bath ease, doeuments will be disetissed. General Plan Designationss The project site is designated General Agriculture(AG)and Resource Conservation on the General Plan Map and zoned AG-40 (General Agriculture, with a 40 acre minimum) (Figure 4.1-2). As shown, the area along the Mokelumne River and around Tracy Lakes is designated Resource Conservation and the remainder of the site is General Agriculture. Properties surrounding the project site share the Resource Conservation designation along the Mokelumne River and the General Agriculture and AG-40 designations. General Agriculture - The intent of the general agricultural designation in the land use element is to establish a land use zone for the protection of land..s,,,, (Zening Seetien° 4'f10) areas generally committed to agriculture with viable commercial agricultural enterprises that require large land areas to efficiently produce their crops (2010 Plan, pg. 111-6). This designation is considered in areas where the soils are capable of producing a variety of crops and/or support grazing; where parcels are large enough to support commercial agricultural activities, and a commitment to commercial agriculture exists in the form of Williamson Act contracts and/or capital investments (2010 Plan, pg. VI-10). Typical uses within the AG General Agriculture areas include crop production,feed and grain storage and sales, aerial crop spraying, and animal raising and sales. Permits are required within General Agriculture areas for resource recovery, dairy and canning operations, stockyards, and animal feedlots and sale yards (2010 Plan, pg. VI-10). Resource Conservation- According to the 2010 Plan, , fish aft Elesignated all watef-v�,ays and adjaeent fipafian habitat as Gensef-vation (1995 Plan, pages 18 20). 1995 Plan goes aft to state! "Areas designated Gansefvatien are best suited f-ef fien ttfban f"e of open . Resource Conservation areas contain significant resources that generally are to remain in open space. Such resources can include waterways, riparian habitat, wetlands, agricultural lands, habitat for threatened, rare or endangered species, to list a few (2010 Plan, Table VI-1, pg. VI-3). 4.1-3