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V F,d Finding A. Consistency: Discussion San Joaquin County General Plan Policy The Koster Road property is located within an area of active and approved gravel quarries.. Prior to setting forth the Objectives and Policies, the text of the General Plan includes the following discussion: "Pursuant to the California Surface and Mining and Reclamtion Act.of 1975 (SMARA), the mineral deposits in San Joaquin County have been identified and classified by the State Geologist in Special Report 160, issued August 1988. Also required by SMARA, the State Mines and Geology Board has designated the sand and gravel deposits that are of regional and statewide significance(see Figure VI-4)." (Volume 1, VI-16) The map associated with the Stockton-Lodi region Designation Report 9R is attached. As shown on the Designation Report MRZ-2 Section Map, most of the subject property is not included within any MRZ-2 Sector. MRZ-2 Sector C-8 does cover a portion of the property. Sector C-8 was specifically excluded from Significant Resource Sectors identified in General Plan Figure VI-4. Extractive Resources Policy I does not apply, nor do any of the implementation measures associated with Policy 1. The subject property is not suitable for mining because of small size, shape, deed restrictions imposed by the federal government which preclude excavation below a level of six feet. As such,the property is found to be not suitable for mining. FINDING B. Improvements Improvement of the property is regulated by the San Joaquin County Development Title. Generally all improvement of the property is subject to minimum standards as adopted in the Development Title. Consequently, all facilities necessary for the orderly and proper development of the property are required as a matter of adopted regulation. Existing and proposed improvements of the property will be connected via a paved driveway to a paved and public Koster Road, FINDING C. Site Suitability Substantial onsite technical investigation of the soil and water quality were conducted on the property. (Chesney Consulting-"Nitrate Loading Study Soil Suitability Study", September 2004.) (Submitted to SJ Environmental Health Dept. 9/13/2004, Service Request#SR0039594) The study considered residential use of the property and the parcels to the south and north, a total of 18.96 acres, and found that no special engineering for septic systems would be required, and due to relatively high background levels of nitrates,residential use would likely lower nitrate levels. Water quality was found to be within MCL criteria for domestic consumption, but moderately restrictive for irrigation.Two years later Chesney analyzed light industrial use of the property-concluding that the property could support 140 employees or 7.38 employees per acre without specially engineered sewage disposal systems. As such,the site is physically suited for the proposed project. 2