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Item No. 6 PC: 6-18-92 ZR-92-10 Page 4 agricultural resources. The conversion also does not encourage the continued utilization of th t agricultural resource. Principle No. 5: Further fragmentation of agricultural land outside of areas designated for urban expansi n will be permitted only In areas designated for rural residential development. The project site is located outside of the Stockton Urban Area and is designated as Agriculture on the General Plan. It is not shown or planned for urban or rural residential uses on either the current or draft maps of the General Plan 2005. The latter designates the site as A/G (General Agriculture), with an accompanying zone of AG-40. INTENT OF AGRICULTURAL ZONES: The Planning Title, which implements the General Plan designation of Agriculture, states the intent of the AL (Limited Agriculture) zone in Section 9-4000.1(b): The AL zone Is established to recognize and preserve areas that contain existing concentrations of small-scale agricultural i operations and dwellings. The intent of the AG (General Agriculture) zone is contained in Section 9-4000.1(a) of the Planning Title: The AG zone is established to preserve agricultural lands for the continuation of commercial agricultural enterprises. The area proposed for reclassification is characterized by commercial agricultural enterprises rather than by existing small-scale agricultural operations (refer to the attached Land Use Maps). Approval of the project would be inconsistent with the intent of both the AG and AL zones by disrupting an area of existing commercial agricultural enterprises and by establishing a new area of small-scale agriculti ral parcels. ARE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY: Public Opposition: Two letters (see Attachment A) from property owners in the vicinity were received in responsil to the referral of the application. Both of these individuals are opposed to the proposal on the grounds of loss of agricultural land and its potential disruption of agricultural practices in the area. As a part of the analysis included in the project's Initial Study, staff concluded that the amount of land involved in the project, 19.94 acres, did not constitute a significant conversion of prime agricultural farmland. Staff's analysis concluded that the proposal would result in the disru ion of the agricultural resources of the site as well as agricultural operations in the area see 'Agricultural Disruption').