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"Note the underscored language does focus directly on incompatible uses on adjacent properties, explicitly acknowledging that incompatible uses on adjacent parcels can interfere with the extraction of protected resources on neighboring parcels. "This effort to protect natural resources is grounded in strong public policy. It is directly analogous to the efforts in many communities to protect the right to farm through_ the adoption of ordinances and other techniques. .1111 order to protect these resources and the mining operations, the County's General Plan establishes specific objectives, policies and implementation steps: I Objective 1: "To protect extractive resources from urban development.or encroachment." Policy 1: "Mineral deposits of significant quantity, value, or quality, as identified by the State Division of Mines and Geology reports shall remain in open ace uses until extraction of resources unless the immediate area has been committedto other uses." Implementation 2(a): "All development in areas of significant sand and gravel deposits, as identified by the State Mines and Geology Board shall require a discretionary permit, conditioned to protect the resources." Response to Appeal Statement No. 4: Single-family residences may be permitted in all agriculturally and residentially zoned properties in San Joaquin County (Development Title Sections 9-305.2 and 9-605.3). Policy 3. (A. Open Space, pp. VI-2) in Volume I of the General Plan states that development may be permitted in Resource Conservation Areas only if the proposed uses will not have significant negative impacts on the continued existence or use of the resource. The project is consistent with General Plan polices and zoning regulations because the project is a permitted use in the AG40 zone (General Agriculture, 40-acre minimum), and an approved conditional Site Approval was obtained which determined that it would not have a significant negative impact on the continued existence or use of the resource. Appeal Statement No.5: "RMC appeals the Staff's approval of the Site Development Application on the grounds that • The approval is based on a flawed Negative Declaration.. • Three of the necessary five findings for development approval cannot be made. "The Site Development Review findings to which RMC objects are the following: j Finding#1: The proposed use is consistent with the goals, policies, standards and maps of the General Plan, any applicable Master Plan, Specific Plan, and Special Purpose Plan, and any other applicable plan adopted by the County. "In many, if not most, site development reviews, this question of compatibility may require subjective assessment. However, no such subjective assessment is required here—the General Plan expressly states that the mining of these resources is protected, that this land 'shall remain in open 1 San Joaquin County PA-02-3061Towers Community Development Page 6 i