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Item No. 10 <br /> PC : 1-16-86 <br /> VR-86-2 <br /> Page 3 <br /> STAFF ANALYSIS <br /> The project site consists of one legal parcel but is physically <br /> bisected by a public road. The northerly portion contains <br /> approximately 1 . 8 acres and is in a GA-40 zone. The area to the <br /> south, containing approximately 10 . 66 gross acres , is in a GA-10 <br /> zone . Granting of the Variance as requested will create three <br /> separate building sites . <br /> The applicant correctly states that similar Variances have been <br /> granted in the neighborhood. One Variance was granted by the <br /> Board of Supervisors after a denial by the Board of Zoning <br /> Adjustment . <br /> POLICY CONSIDERATIONS : <br /> General Plan: <br /> An Agricultural Principle of the Land Use/Circulation Element <br /> of the General Plan states : <br /> "5 . Further fragmentation of agricultural land outside of <br /> areas designated for urban expansion will be permitted <br /> only in areas designated for rural residential <br /> development . " <br /> The portion north of Morse Road is already physically fragmented <br /> from the remainder of the property by the public road. The <br /> request to divide the southerly portion into two parcels is <br /> inconsistent with the Principle. <br /> AREA/NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY: <br /> Land Use : <br /> The project site is surrounded by agricultural uses on all <br /> sides except for the area east of Pearson Road and the Southern <br /> Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Generally, the area west of <br /> Pearson Road is largely undivided except for the original lots <br /> of Morse Colony Subdivision, and most are consistent with the <br /> zoning. <br /> FACILITIES/SERVICES : <br /> Water, Sewer and Storm Drainage : <br /> No public services exist in the area. Any new development would <br /> be serviced by individual wells and septic tanks . Drainage <br /> would have to conform to Department of Public Works standards . <br />