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considered the environmentally superior alternative. The reduction in environmental impacts associated with this alternative would be limited, as most of the potentially significant environmental effects of the Project would be reduced to less than significant with proposed mitigation measures. Furthermore, though traffic generation may be reduced under this alternative, traffic impacts under this alternative would be similar to those of the proposed Project In particular,as with the proposed Project, the ramp junction impacts for this alternative would be significant and unavoidable under both existing and cumulative conditions. The Combination Gasoline Station alternative would meet some of the Project objectives,as they related to providing freeway commercial services. However,it would not meet Project objectives related to providing services for trucks and providing a fast-food restaurant to create a regional travel stop.(DEIR,p.7-11.) For the reasons stated above, the Planning Commission finds Alternative 3 to be infeasible and rejects it as a viable alternative to the Project. The Project in its current form,moreover,reflects the landowner's considered judgment regarding how to develop its property in light of the realities of the marketplace. The Planning Commission believes it is appropriate to give some weight to this judgment. (See Laurel Hills, supra, 83 Cal.App.3d at p. 521 (a "public agency may approve a developer's choice of a project once its significant adverse effects have been reduced to an acceptable level—that is,all avoidable damage has been eliminated and that which remains is otherwise acceptable").) Alternative 4.Alternative Use—Retail with Fast-Food Restaurant 1. Description As defined in County Code Section 9-115.555, "primary retail" includes retail establishments that provide a limited number of frequently or recurrently needed personal items or services for residents in an immediate neighborhood. These establishments shall be of appropriate size and scale to meet the above criteria. As noted in Table 7-2,this land use is a permitted use subject to Site Approval by the County. Typical uses include small grocery stores, barber shops, beauty parlors,and self-service laundromats. For this analysis, a small grocery store and a fast-food restaurant are assumed as an alternative land use. The grocery store would be the same size as the convenience market of the proposed Project—approximately 7,700 square feet. The fast-food restaurant would be the same size as that in the proposed Project—3,000 square feet No fuel dispensing services would be provided. The proposed retail and restaurant used are permitted in the C-FS zone,with both uses requiring Site Approval by the County. (DEIR,p.7-12.) 2. Analysis of Alternative 4's Ability to Reduce Sianiticant Proiect Impacts Adoption of Alternative 4 would not avoid the Project's significant and unavoidable impacts. Transportation Love's Travel Stops Environmental ImFoct Report 19 Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations