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Analysis Background This application is for the renewal of an expired Use Permit with some revisions, including a larger slaughterhouse building and a 4,000 square foot freezer. On February 2, 1995, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve Use Permit No. UP-94-14 for a wholesale slaughterhouse proposed by the same applicant at the same site as the subject Use Permit. This previous slaughterhouse was a somewhat smaller operation in square footage but was permitted to slaughter up to 500 hundred animals per day. This approval was appealed to the Board of Supervisors by the City of Lathrop, Larry Matlock, and Bennie Gatto. On April 25, 1995, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. R-95-198 to deny the appeal and approve the Use Permit. On December 19, 1996, the Planning Commission approved a one-year Time Extension to October 24, 1997. The Conditions of the Use Permit were not met in time, and the approved Use Permit expired and became void. The subject property was previously the site of a chicken ranch. The existing chicken house will be converted to the animal barn. Compliance Date Site visits revealed that certain aspects of the proposed operation have already commenced: the non- residential mobile home is already on the site, and meat trucks and animals were also observed. Because the facility appears to operational without benefit of the proper permits, a recommended Condition of Approval states that enforcement action will be delayed if the Site Plan is submitted within sixty (60) days and all Conditions of Approval are met within six (6) months. Neighboring Opposition The City of Lathrop, an organization representing itself as"Landowners of Lathrop," and two neighbors sent letters in opposition to the project. Several phone calls opposing the project were also received. Several concerns where expressed. These concerns include waste management, water quality, traffic, odors, flies, aesthetics, property values, and poor planning. As part of the previous Use Permit, the applicant obtained conditional approval for the slaughterhouse from the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB). In its response to the subject Use Permit, the CVRWQCB indicated that the original requirements for the expired Use Permit shall be applied to this Use Permit. These requirements address waste management and water quality. In addition, the Environmental Health Division has reviewed and approved a Waste and Manure Management Plan. Both the requirements mandated by the Board and the Management Plan approved by Environmental Health address proper collection, storage and/or disposal of wastewater, blood, animal parts, tallow, and manure. Manure solids from the holding pens will be scraped to a concrete lined, covered manure storage area and transported off the site. Slaughterhouse operations will produce rinse water from the kill floor, blood, and solid animal wastes. Wastewater from the pens, kill floor, and other rinsing will be pumped to a lined wastewater treatment pond where it will periodically be discharged to a designated disposal area of triple- cropped sudangrass. Whole blood will be captured and stored in a tank for edible food processing and will not be discharged to the wastewater ponds. Solid animal wastes, including portions of the carcasses, fats, oils, and greases will not be discharged to the wastewater ponds. Fats, oils, and greases will be treated using a septic tank and a screened grease trap. Carcass portions (offal) and the fats, oils, and greases will be collected for rendering. Monitoring of the wastewater treatment ponds, the designated San Joaquin County UP-99-22\Stagno Community Development -12-