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Recommendations Action It is recommended that the Planning Commission: (1). Approve the mitigated Negative Declaration; and (2). Approve Use Permit PA-1200011 with the Findings and Conditions of Approval contained in the Staff Report. Findings 1. The proposed use is consistent with the goals, policies, standards, and maps of the General Plan, any applicable Master Plan, Specific Plan, and Special Purpose Plan, and any other applicable plan adopted by the County. This Finding can be made because the addition of urban green waste to the existing composting facility may be conditionally permitted in the AG-40 zone with an approved Use Permit and is consistent with the A/G General Plan designation. There are no applicable Master Plans, Specific Plans, or Special Purpose Plans in the vicinity. 2. Adequate utilities, roadway improvements, sanitation, water supply, drainage, and other necessary facilities have been provided, and the proposed improvements are properly related to existing and proposed roadways. • This Finding can be made because all utilities, improvements, and other facilities are existing or will be provided as reflected in the approved site plan. Projects in the AG-40 zone may use a private septic system, an individual well, and on site drainage. No new utilities are required. The project will meet the requirements of the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District.Access is from Frewert Road,which is a publicly maintained rural residential road. No improvements are required to Frewert Road. 3. The site is physically suitable for the type of development and for the intensity of development. • This Finding can be made because the property is adequate in size to accommodate the provisions of the Development Title.The parcel is 31.4 acres in size.The proposed project will be the same twenty-acre size that was approved for the current use under PA-0500726.The parcel size permits the adequate movement of all necessary equipment, including fire suppression equipment.The parcel is surrounded by other agricultural uses. 4. Issuance of the permit will not be significantly detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, or be injurious to the property or improvements of adjacent properties. • This Finding can be made because an Initial Study prepared for this project found no potentially significant environmental impacts.The conditions of approval from the Community Development Department,the Department of Public Works,the Environmental Health Department, the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District,and the noise study conducted by j. c. brennan (14-foot tall noise barrier)will ensure that the environmental impacts will be less than significant. In addition,the applicant must obtain permits from Cal Recycle and the Air Pollution Control District. San Joaquin County PA-1200011Nalley Organics Community Development Page 6