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5 – Effects Found Not To Be Significant Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 5-3 Substantial Light or Glare The existing lighting and glare conditions in the Project area are typical of a mixed industrial and agricultural area. Existing sources of light and glare in the Project area are limited to indoor building lighting emanating from windows, outdoor safety and parking lot lighting associated with adjacent and nearby industrial buildings, indoor and outdoor lighting at rural residences, streetlights, and vehicles. The primary source of outdoor lighting in the Project area is the City of Tracy, which has residential and commercial areas of higher density and brighter ambie nt lighting conditions than the Project site and adjacent properties. New lighting for the Project would include indoor and outdoor building lighting, parking lot lighting, and safety lighting. County of San Joaquin Municipal Code Section 9-1025.6 sets forth provisions for outdoor lighting, outlines standards for lighting adjacent to residential and commercial zones, and stipulates that no lighting can cause glare on a street or alley. Adjacent properties to the Project site are zoned for industrial and agricultural use and do not consist of residential or commercial uses. Further, the nearest residential land uses are located approximately 0.35 miles to the northeast, and the nearest suburban residential area within the City of Tracy is located approximately 0.6 miles east of the Project site. All new lighting installed as part of the Project would be shielded and pointed downward to prevent light spillover, consistent with Municipal Code Section 9-1025.6. Further, the Project would not include any blinking, flashing, or extremely bright lighting. Therefore, the Project would have a less-than- significant impact associated with light and glare. 5.2 Agricultural and Forestry Resources Conversion of Farmland According to the California Department of Conservation, the Project site is categorized as urban and built-up land, and does not consist of Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland). The nearest Farmland is located immediate north and east of the Project site (CDOC 202 0). The Project site was previously used for industrial uses and has not been used for agricultural uses since the 1980s (Partner 2018 a). Therefore, the Project would have no impact associated with Farmland conversion. The Project site is zoned General Industrial (I-G) and is not zoned for agricultural use (County of San Joaquin 2016). The Project site is not located on lands enrolled in a Williamson Act contract (CDOC 2016), and surrounding land primarily consists of non-enrolled and urban built-up land. Therefore, the Project would have no impact associated with existing agricultural zoning or a Williamson Act contract. The Project site is located in a mixed industrial and agricultural area, and land uses immediately surrounding the site consist of agricultural and industrial uses. The site is zoned for general industrial use (County of San Joaquin 2019a) and was previously used as a biomass energy plant. Since the Project site has been previously used for industrial uses, construction of the Project with new industrial uses would not result in the conversion of nearby Farmland to non-agricultural uses. Conversion of Forestlands There are no forest resources or zoning for forestlands or timber land located on or near the Project site. The County contains three native oak species that the County General Plan EIR identifies as forest land: valley oak (Quercus lobata), blue oak (Quercus douglasii), and interior live oak (Quercus wislizeni). Valley oak woodland within the