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3, The project is in a designated rural residential area. The large lot size should help maintain a rural atmosphere. 4. In adopting the RR-65, RR-100, and RR-200 zones the county established minimum parcel sizes for the rural residential areas. 5. Retention of run-off water on each individual parcel is proposed. 6. The proposed subdivision contains no flag lots however lots fronting on both Quashnick and Ashley are proposed. As these roads have low traffic volumes 588 vehicles/day for Quashnick and 674 vehicles/day for Ashley. Severe traffic problems are not anticipated. III ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT A. Environmental Impact of the Project : 1. Impact on Adjoining Land Use : The project site has residential areas to the south and west, a railroad to the east and agricultural land to the north. Part of the area to the north if being developed as a rural residential subdivision. It is assumed that further residential development will be compatible with existing and proposed residen- tial uses. Residential use will be itself impacted by noise from the railroad. If fencing is provided danger of rail movements to residents would be minimized. If the fence were solid, it would attenuate the noise of rail movements. It is therefore suggested that a 6' solid fence be provided along the California Traction Railroad as a mitigation measure to reduce noise impact and prevent persons from wandering onto the track. 2. Noise Impacts : There are approximately 4 train movements per day on the California Traction Railroad. This is increased to about 10 per day during the summer, while this number is not as large as the number of train movements compared with the • mainlines of the Transcontinental Railroads, the movements especially at night could disturb residents within several hundred feet of the track. For this reason a barrier as noted under "Impact on Adjoining Land Use" would be a useful mitigation measure. -11-