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Analysis Background The likely underlying:,project is a Major Subdivision. The 16.63-acre R-R portion of the parcel would be subdivided into eight two-acre lots. The 4.03-acre remainder of the parcel, which is zoned AU-20, would continue the existing use of a Wholesale Nursery, which is not permitted in the R-R zone. Other than the nursery, the site is primarily vacant. Within the project site is the abandoned Trinkle and Boys agricultural airstrip. Zone Reclassification In order to approve a Zone Reclassification, the Board of Supervisors must determine that the proposed zone is consistent with the General Plan, any applicable Master Plan, and any applicable Specific Plan; and that the zone is reasonable and beneficial at the time. The parcel of the Zone Reclassification application has a General Plan designation of RIR (Rural Residential). The current zoning of the parcel is AU-20 (Agriculture Urban Reserve with a 20-acre minimum). The applicant is proposing to reclassify the zoning designation of a portion of a parcel to R-R(Rural Residential). The R-R zone is an implementing zone for the RIR General Plan designation. (2010 General Plan,Table VI1-2, pg. Volume I Vll-) General Plan Policies The proposed project is within the community of New Jerusalem which is classified as a rural community (General:Plan Figure IVA). Rural communities shall grow primarily through infill and should not be expanded. (General Plan Key Plan Strategy No. 1, Growth Accommodation, Volume 1, pg. III-2) • The panel has a General Plan designation of RIR(Rural Residential).The proposed zoning designation of R-R(Rural Residential) is an implementing zone for the General Plan designation of RIR. The proposed project is creating infill development within New Jerusalem, and therefore, is not expanding it. The parcel would be-considered infill to the rural community of New Jerusalem because the surrounding parcels within the community are developed; other than an existing wholesale nursery;the site is primarily vacant. The proposed zone is compatible with the surrounding zones as most of.the adjacent parcels to the north and south have a General Pian designation of RIR and are zoned R-R.The parcels to the east and the west have a General Plan designation of AIG (General Agriculture)and are zoned AG-40(General Agriculture,40- acre minimum). General Plan Volume 11 (page XII-30) states the following in regards to the rural community of New Jerusalem: General Plan Implementation Measures Specific to the Community: 1. Before any development applications are approved within 2,000 feet of the existing agricultural airstrip, either it shall be closed and the site remediated, or a Border Zone Determination shall be issued by the State Department of Health Services. The airstrip has been abandoned_ The applicant has submitted a Site Investigation Work Plan to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) to identify potential contaminants on the project site. In a letter dated October 3, 2008, the CRWQCB states that the"portion of the property that [the applicants]wish,to develop with residential units does not contain pesticide residuals in soil that San Joaquin County PA-0700489/Trinkle Community Development Page 3