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EFFECTS DETERMINED TO BE SIGNIFICANT OR POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT: EXISTING SETTING. IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION MEASURES .1 LAND USE AND PLANNING EXISTING SETTING The study area, including the project area, is located in unincorporated San Joaquin County, south and east of the current city limits of the City of Tracy. It is within Tracy's Sphere of Influence. Land Uses. In general, the 410 acre study area consists of agricultural uses and homesites. More specifically, the 26.06 acre project site, known as the Traina Brothers parcel, is composed of three contiguous parcels, two of which are one acre residential lots which are currently developed. The third parcel consists of 24.06 acres and is currently an apricot orchard. The remaining 384 acres of the 410 acre study area consist of approximately 64 existing single family residences, another two residences under construction, and apricot, walnut, and cherry orchards. Other uses in the study area are small office buildings and a market/restaurant at the corner of Chrisman and Linne Roads and a welding shop on Chrisman Road near the railroad crossing. Also traversing the study area are the right of ways for the Western Pacific Railroad and Banta-Carbona Irrigation Canal. Figure 3.1-1 shows the existing land uses for the study area and adjacent areas. Uses in the vicinity of the study area include agriculture, single family residences (most of which are in the Valpico Rural Residential area), the Tracy Defense Depot, and a gravel quarry. Applicable Plans and Policies SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY GENERAL PLAN. The basis for the San Joaquin County General Plan is the concept of an urban -rural structure which provides the basic framework for guiding growth within the County. Development policies of the Land Use/Circulation Element are based on this structure. The urban portion of this structure consists of three levels of Urban Centers: Regional, Subregional and Intermediate. The rural portion consists of Rural Centers and outlying Agricultural Areas, interspersed with occasional Rural Residential Areas. Agricultural areas include those lands which are capable of supporting a wide variety of crop or livestock production and which are expected to be maintained in agricultural use during the planning period. Also included are marginal lands which are not suitable for urban -type development for various reasons and hence are best maintained in agriculture or conserved for other uses. Rural Residential Areas are concentrations of homesites on small acreages in Rural Agricultural Areas. The typical area has developed over a period of many years to the extent that use of individual parcels for agricultural purposes is limited to family food production or the pursuit of agricultural hobbies. These areas provide an alternate living environment for those people who desire a rural country setting. 3.1-1