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Item No. 6 PC: 6-18-92 ZR-92-10 Page 3 STAFF ANALYSIS POLICY CONSIDERATIONS: Staff's recommendation to the Planning Commission to deny the proposal is based upon (1) its potential for disrupting a viable, commercial, agricultural area of the County and (2) the inappropriateness f creating a new Limited Agriculture area. The following two sections of the staff report discuss the e issues in detail and address the proposal's inconsistencies with the General Plan and the intent of t e Planning Title's Agricultural Division. AGRICULTURAL DISRUPTION: The project site is designated Agriculture on the General Plan and is zoned AG-40 (General Agriculture; 40-acre minimum parcel size). The proposed zone designation of AL-5 is also one of the implementing zones for the Agriculture General Plan designation, according to the Zoning/General Plan Consistency Matrix in the Land Use/Circulation Element of the General Plan. However, the approval of this request would be inconsistent with the following General Plan Agriculture Objectives and Principles regarding the preservation of agricultural resources and minimizing disruptions of agricultural areas: Obiective No. 2: To preserve In agriculture those soils capable of producing a wide variety of valuable cro S. The site's two soil types, Cogna clay loam (CD) and Vignolo silty clay loam (AV), are designated as Prime Farmland and Farmland of Statewide Significance, respectively, by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Services's Soil Survey of San Joaquin County (October 1988). The approval of the project would permanently remove a large portion of e project site from agricultural production. Obiective No. 3: To minimize disruption to viable agricultural areas. The subdivision of the project site into five-acre parcels,with the resultant construction of a pu lic road, single-family residences, and accessory structures, would not only disrupt agricult ral activities on the site, as noted above, but would also disrupt similar activities on other agricultral parcels in the area. This disruption would result from conflicts between the existing agricult iral uses and the increased number of residences in the area. Principle No. 1: The resources upon which agriculture Is based will be protected, and the utilization of these resources for agricultural purposes will be encouraged. The conversion of approximately 20 acres within a larger area containing Prime Farmlands d Farmlands of Statewide Significance results in the consumption rather than the preservatio of