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• If approved, any development on this 15.59-acre area would have to meet the density requirement of one to five dwelling units per 5 gross acres. (2) Typical Housing Type: Detached, single family dwelling units. • If approved, residential development would be subject to this requirement. (3) Locational criteria: Appropriate in rural communities and only for areas of existing rural residential densities in urban communities. The project site is within the rural community of New Jerusalem. Most of the adjacent Growth Accommodation In Rural Communities New Jerusalem is classified as a rural community (General Plan Figure IV-1). 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 proposed project is creating infill development within New Jerusalem, and therefore, is not expanding it. E New Jerusalem General Plan Volume II (page XII-30) states the following in regards to the rural community of New Jerusalem: i 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.(CRWCQCB) to identify potential contaminants on the project site. In a letter dated October 3, 2008, the CRWCQB states that the "portion of the property that [the applicants] wish to develop with residential units does not contain pesticide residuals in soil that would impede residential development." However, CRWQCB states that the operations area at the west end of the parcel does contain some contamination that requires further review. As a condition of approval of the underlying Major Subdivision, and prior to any residential development, the applicant must obtain final verification from CRWCQB that the entire site has been remediated. Infrastructure Re uirements for Rural Communities The parcel is currently served by a private septic system for wastewater, a private well for water and stormwater drainage is retained on-site. The following are the minimum requirements for wastewater, water supply and storm drainage for the approval of tentative subdivision maps, and may also be necessary for other discretionary applications: 2 1