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III. Environmental Setting,Impacts,and Mitigations A. Land Use,Plans and Policies regional plans. The existing landfill site is owned and operated by the City of Stockton and has been annexed by the City from San Joaquin County effective November 15, 1984. The City has acqaired the proposed expansion area to the north from the CYA,although this land is part of the unincorporated County. The proposed expansion area to the south(Brocchini Property)lies outside the City of Stockton General Plan Urban Service Area Boundary and would be acquired under the project. These properties would not need to be annexed because according to the recent court case,Lawler vs.City of Redding-(1992)(7 Cal.App.4th 778;9 Cal.Rptr.2d 392), cities and counties are exempt from each other's building and zoning regulations,including compliance with general plans. Therefore,the City of Stockton does not need to obtain approval from San Joaquin County for use of County unincorporated area lands that are part of the proposed project. However,according to the requirements of Public Resources Code Section 50000.5, "Until a countywide integrated waste management plan has been approved by the C ...,no person shall establish or expand a solid waste facility or transformation facility unless the city or county in which the site is located makes a finding that the establishment or expansion of the facility is consistent with the applicable general plan of the city or county." A facility shall be deemed to be consistent with the general plan only if both of the following requirements are met: "the facility is located in a land use area designated or authorized for solid waste facilities in the applicable city or county general plan and the land uses which are authorized adjacent to,or near,the facility are compatible with the establishment,or expansion of,the solid waste disposal facility or transformation facility. Therefore,any proposed expansion areas in the County,not annexed by the City,would require a finding of consistency with the County General Plan by the County Board of Supervisors(Paul, 1993). The proposed project site is also within the Planning Area boundaries,urban services area (except for the Brocchini Property,as noted above)and the future growth area set forth in the City of Stockton General Plan. Consequently,the project would be subject to the goals, guidelines and policies established in the City of Stockton General Plan. Following are relevant policies of the Stockton General Plan,along with interpretive analysis of how the proposed project may or may not be in conformance with those policies. The existing City of Stockton General Plan City Limits Map does not show the existing Austin Road Landfill as having been . annexed by the City. . III.A.3