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III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING,IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES A. LAND USE vicinity of the project site. The general character of this area west of Interstate 5 and north of Charter Way is industrial, as the predominant mix of adjacent uses suggest. APPLICABLE PLANS AND POLICIES CITY OF STOCKTON GENERAL PLAN The City of Stockton General Plan,as amerided(City of Stockton, 1990), is the principal land use planning document guiding development within the City. The General Plan Land Use/ Circulation Diagram map designates the project site and surrounding area as"Industrial"(see Figure IIIA-2). As shown in Figure III.A-2, much of this section of Stockton is designated industrial,including the entire area west of Interstate 5 north of Charter Way and south of the Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad line, where the project site is located,as well as areas north of the rail line and south of Charter. The General Plan industrial designation provides for"a wide variety of industrial uses including uses with nuisance or hazardous characteristics, offices,retail sales, service businesses,public and quasi public uses, and other similar and compatible uses."M-1 and M-2 zoning designations most closely correspond to this general plan designation and residential uses are prohibited. General Plan goals regarding industrial land use include the following: • Providing sufficient land for a variety of industrial uses in coordination with infrastructure services. • Guiding new industrial development to locations where industrial activities will not conflict with neighboring land uses. • Encouraging,facilitating, and assisting the location of new industry and the expansion of existing industry in Stockton. CITY OF STOCKTON PLANNING AND ZONING CODE The City's zoning ordinance, the Planning and Zoning Code(1998),is the primary means of implementing the General Plan. The portion of the site west of Pershing Avenue is zoned Commercial-Manufacturing(CM)and the portion of the site east of Pershing is zoned Light Industrial (M-1),as shown in Figure III.A-3. Except for the small residential area west of the site, which is zoned single-family residential (R-1),the area surrounding the project site is zoned industrial—M-1 generally to the north and east of the site,and M-2 to the west and south. The M-2 district currently is the only district in which solid waste transfer stations are permitted, subject to a Use Permit. Prior to the City's revision of the zoning ordinance in 1993,the Stockton Scavengers Transfer Station was a permitted,conforming use in the M-1 district; it is currently considered a legal,non-conforming use. Stockton Scavenger Transfer Station Expansion III.A.3 R 1 P ESA 1990190