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North of the 2706 Pock Lane site is a mix of vacant land and urban development that <br /> includes residential areas and the Maya Angelou Branch Library. Light industrial and <br /> logistics development has occurred east of the 2706 Pock Lane site. South of the 2706 <br /> Pock Lane site is vacant land and orchards. Along with Kennedy Park and Community <br /> Center, Hamilton Elementary School is to the west of the 2706 Pock Lane site. <br /> The current San Joaquin County General Plan was adopted in 2016. The County General <br /> Plan is a legal document that serves as the County's guide for all future land use, <br /> development, preservation, and resource conservation decisions. The horizon year for the <br /> General Plan, except for the Housing Element, is 2035, which reflects the 20-year <br /> planning period for the General Plan. The County General Plan has designated the project <br /> site R-L—Low Density Residential. <br /> The San Joaquin County Development Code (San Joaquin County Code Title 9) applies <br /> to lands in unincorporated San Joaquin County. The Development Code designates <br /> zoning districts that are distinguished by the allowable land uses in each district. It also <br /> specifies development standards for each zoning district, along with more generalized <br /> standards such as height of structures, yards, and infrastructure standards. As noted in <br /> Section 3.2, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, the project site is zoned AU-20 — <br /> Agriculture-Urban Reserve, 20-acre minimum. <br /> Environmental Justice <br /> Environmental justice is not an issue that CEQA explicitly requires to be addressed; <br /> however, the State of California has recently emphasized the incorporation of <br /> environmental justice concerns in land use and environmental planning. The State has <br /> enacted SB 535, which seeks to address the adverse environmental impacts of projects <br /> that disproportionately affect minority and/or lower income communities, particularly <br /> those already burdened with environmental problems. <br /> The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has developed the <br /> California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen) to <br /> identify "environmental justice" or "disadvantaged" communities. CalEnviroScreen <br /> measures pollution and population characteristics using 20 indicators such as air and <br /> drinking water quality, waste sites,toxic emissions, asthma rates, and poverty. It applies a <br /> formula to each U.S. Census tract in California to generate a score that rates the level of <br /> cumulative impacts on each area. A Census tract that scores in the top 25% is considered <br /> a disadvantaged community. The project site is covered by two Census tracts: Tract <br /> #6077002100 and Tract#6077002800. According to CalEnviro Screen, the overall scores <br /> for both tracts are within the top 25%; therefore, the project site is within an area of <br /> disadvantaged communities (OEHHA 2021). <br /> Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures <br /> a) Division of Established Communities. <br /> Although the project site is identified as being within the Kennedy CDP, it is within an <br /> area of land that is only partially developed; only two rural residences are on the site. <br /> Pock Lane Public Review Draft IS/MND 3-50 May 2022 <br />