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Earthmetrics Report - page S jeopardize the longer term availability of tree crop products to either national or international users or consumers, Agriculture in the Valpico Area The pr^poser areas are in a region which reflects both a mix of housina on rural residential parcels and agricultural (mostly orchard) production or moderate sized farm parcels. The study area is currently zoned GA -10 in the General Plan, a zoning de��gna':on which supposedly permits minimum 10 acre agricultural: parcels with farr:ily homesites of one to three acres in size in the ag zone. Examination of maps A through D (from San Joaquin County Planning Department, 1978) contained in Appendix D and the attached Land Use map submitted with the Traina Bros. application shows that parcelization has been rampant in the study area for the last three and one-half decades The Assessor's maps in Aooendix A also reveal the current extent of pas" parcelization activity although it must be noted that several contig?ous agricultural parcels are in common ownership or operation, thus, creat,nq larger farming units than might be inferred on strict examination of parcel sl.ze for orchard tracts. The study area contains a mix of residential units, with older units mostly found along Chrisman Road and in the vicinity of Paimquist Road in the southwest More recent units are mixed with older units along Chrisman, Linne, and Bates roads and south of Fair Oaks Road Four units were uncle., - construction during the mid-February inspection trip. Two were on one -acre parcels in the Traina Bros admendment area and the other two were along (south of) Valpico Road. Building activity in the block of land north of Fair Oaks across from the amendment area revealed build out intentions for much of the remaining open lots in the existing Valpico rural residential area Most of the recent homes are substantially above the quality and size of older, and even fairly recent, homes in the area, reflecting the attractiveness of rural residential homesites in the area's housing market. There is, additionally, a small commercial center in the southeast corner of the study area and several small businesses along Chrisman Road. 13.3—°,