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5 – Effects Found Not To Be Significant Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 5-14 Conflict with Land Use Plans The Project is located within unincorporated San Joaquin County and is subject to the County’s General Plan and County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code, which guide local development. The County of San Joaquin’s General Plan Land Use Map designates the Project site as General Industrial (I/G), and the Zoning Map identifies the Project site as General Industrial (I-G). According to the County’s General Plan, the General Industrial Zone is intended to provide for a full range of industrial activities whose location and operation tend to have moderate to high nuisance characteristics, and therefore require segregation from other land uses. Typical uses include manufacturing, distribution, storage, and wholesaling (County of San Joaquin 2017). Similarly, the General Industrial (I-G) Zone is intended to provide for a wide range of manufacturing, distribution, and storage uses. This zone is intended to implement the General Industrial land use category of the General Plan (County of San Joaquin 2017). According to Section 9-500 of the County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code, the Project, a warehouse and distribution use, would be permitted within the General Industrial (I-G) zone with a site approval.1 Section 9-500 et seq. of the County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code also provides development standards, including height limits, building coverage requirements, and site access specifications, to ensure that development is consistent with the policies and principles of the General Plan. The Project site would support a variety of industrial uses, depending on the future tenants. These future uses would include those related to warehouse, distribution, and/or logistics, which is consistent with the permissible uses and activities allowed by the County in the General Industrial (I-G) zone. As part of the County’s site plan review process, the County will review the Project’s site plan for consistency with all development standards required by the General Industrial (I-G) zone as specified in Section 9-500 of the County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code. This review by County staff would ensure that the Project is consistent with both the County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code and the County’s General Plan. Because the Project is located within the City of Tracy’s sphere of influence, the City of Tracy’s General Plan Land Use Map has designated the Project site as Industrial (City of Tracy 2016). According to the City of Tracy’s General Plan, specific uses allowed in the industrial category range from flex/office space to manufacturing to warehousing and distribution. Industrial uses are located to provide proper truck access, buffering from incompatible uses, and proximity to rail corridors and transit links (City of Tracy 2011). The Project, as a warehouse and distribution use, would be consistent with the City of Tracy’s General Plan land use designation for the Project site, and implementation of the Project would not conflict with the City of Tracy’s General Plan. Therefore, because the Project would be consistent with the County General Plan, County of San Joaquin Ordinance Code, and City of Tracy General Plan, impacts associated with applicable land use plans, policies, and regulations would be less than significant. 1 A site approval issued by the County of San Joaquin Planning Commission is required for any industrial use that is 6,000 square feet or greater in ground floor area; occupies 10 or more acres of site area; or is not served by a public wastewater treatment plant, public water system, and public drainage system. Because the Project meets all those criteria, a site approval is required.