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SOIL SUITABILITY STUDY <br /> Introduction <br /> Live Oak GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (Live Oak) was contracted by Steve Coldani of <br /> Coldani Family Vineyards and Coldani Olive Ranch to conduct a Soil Suitability Study <br /> for the property located at 13950 North Thornton Road, Lodi, California (Plate 1). <br /> The Soil Suitability Study was conducted to determine whether the soils are suitable for <br /> use with a septic system. The study was performed according to the requirements of <br /> Section 9-1105.2(d) of the San Joaquin County Development Code. Live Oak prepared <br /> a Nitrate Loading Study for the project in 2019. <br /> The formatting of the report has been designed to follow the recommendations of the <br /> San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department as described in its Soil <br /> Suitability Study Requirements Checklist. <br /> Proposed Development <br /> According to the San Joaquin County Conditions of Approval, the proposed project is a <br /> "farm services headquarters, medium winery, and olive mill to be built in three phases <br /> over a five year period... Fifteen (15) marketing events per year are also approved with <br /> a maximum attendance of 125 people... <br /> "Phase One, building permits to be issued within 18 months of the effective date of <br /> approval, includes the construction of a 4,000 square foot farm services headquarters <br /> building with office and warehouse storage. <br /> "Phase Two, building permits to be issued within three years from the effective date of <br /> approval, includes the construction of an 11,050 square foot building, containing a <br /> tasting room for wine and olive oil tasting, a commercial kitchen, olive mill/grape <br /> crushing facility, and an 800 square foot crush pad. <br /> "Phase Three, building permits to be issued within five years from the effective date of <br /> approval, includes the construction of a 1,500 square foot packaging and dry/cold <br /> storage building" (Plate 2). <br /> Site Description <br /> The Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) for the Site is 055-140-23. The parcel is 10.31 <br /> acres in size, and is located at 13950 North Thornton Road, Lodi, California. A second <br /> address for the Site is 5920 West Kingdon Road. <br /> A warehouse/farm headquarters office building is currently located on the Site (Plate 3). <br /> A domestic well is located to the east of the building, and a septic system is located to <br /> LOGE 20-02 Page 1 <br />