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PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES OCTOBER 6 , 1988 4. MINOR SUBDIVISION APPLICATION NO. MS-89-5 OF MARY WALTERS (C/O DON MOYER ASSOCIATES ) to subdivide a 24.1-acre parcel into two parcels of 3 . 0 acres and 21. 1 acres in size. The property is located on the east side of State Route 99, approximately one mile south of French Camp Road, north of Manteca. (Supervisorial District 5 ) Kitty Walker, Senior Planner, introduced a staff report into the record. Chairman Bozzano said he wished to disclose that he had some conver- sation with the applicant's agent concerning this application. PUBLIC HEARING OPENED PROPONENTS: Don Moyer, representing this application, said he did discuss this project with Chairman Bozzano. Mr. Moyer said there are two points for consideration: Is the use reasonable? ° Can this project be approved within the bounds of the law? Mr. Moyer went on to say that the intent of the ordinance is that people who have roots in the farm land can remain there. Mary Walters ' father passed away in 1981 and left this property to her. If the Commission can find that Ms. Walters is an owner/operator, there would be no problem in obtaining approval of this application. The property has been in the family since World War I. Ms. Walters inherited the property and lives there by herself. She has had numerous robberies and would like to have her half-sister and her family build a home on the proposed new parcel. This would enable Ms. Walters to have a close neighbor which would discourage robbers from breaking into her home; otherwise, Ms. Walters will have to move to the city for her own protection. Mr. Moyer said the southerly third of the property is not leased. The weeds have to be disced. She pays the fee for irrigation of the pro- perty. She meets the spirit of the ordinance if not the technical criteria. She is on the property every day and is responsible for the day-to-day control of the southerly 1/3 of the property. Nothing is farmed on that portion of the parcel. It is fallow ground. Terry Lewallen, 1242 Slayton Drive, Manteca, said that she is Ms. Walters ' sister and that Ms . Walters is single and lives alone; that she will be forced to sell the land unless her family can move there. Mrs. Lewallen said that she has a family and they would like to build a new home there. PC: 10/6/88 -3- MINUTES