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IN PC : 10-6-88 MS-89-5 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND: The review procedure for Minor Subdivisions is normally Staff Review With Notification. Due to policy interpretations , Planning staff has referred the application to the Planning Commission. POLICY CONSIDERATIONS : Section 9-4104 (b) ( 1 ) of the Planning Title states that "one ( 1 ) parcel of land may be created for the purpose of financing a residence for not more than one ( 1 ) owner-operator of an agri- cultural enterprise . " An owner-operator is defined as "an indi- vidual , firm, association, syndicate, partnership, or corporation having sufficient proprietary interest in property to exert direct control over its use and development and in its day-to-day operation. " (Section 9-3115 . 2 ) Staff was informed that the current agricultural enterprise is a Christmas tree farm. This operation is farmed by someone other than the owner/applicant . The applicant is not a farmer , and documentation that the owner exerts control over the day-to-day operations of the Christmas tree farm was not provided. The owner is currently living in an existing residence on the pro- perty and intends to live in a new home on the homesite parcel shoud the application be approved. The owner ' s sister , who is also not involved in the operation of the tree farm, would then move into the existing residence. In response to the Planning Division' s request for documents which would substantiate owner-operator status, copies of a water bill from the South San Joaquin Irrigation District , a cancelled personal check from the property owner for half the total amount of $69 . 66 , and a letter from the owner of Manteca Feed and Supply were received (attached) . The water bill does not indicate control over day-to-day operations, and the purchase of animal feed is not considered an integral part of a tree farming opera- tion. Therefore , neither the documentation provided nor infor- mation contained in the application were sufficient to verify the applicant ' s status as owner-operator of the agricultural enterprise . ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS : An Initial Study was prepared for this project on September 6 , 1988 , and no significant effects on the environment were iden- tified. -9-