Use Permit Application No. PLN2017-0059-Ag-Air Inc.

Use Permit Application No. PLN2017-0059-Ag-Air Inc.

This is a request to establish an agricultural aerial application (crop dusting) business and private heliport on a 49.97 acre parcel in the A-2-40 zoning district. A max of two helicopters are proposed to be stored in an existing 6434 sf ag storage building. A 5,445 sf landing helipad is attached to the west side of the ag storage building. The property also includes a 2,400 sf covered parking structure. Pesticides are delivered to each jobsite or will be delivered to the site in sealed containers and will be located onto nurse trucks and delivered to job sites. Equipment associated with the business, stored on-site, includes two helicopters, two nurse trucks (California "C" 2000 gallon water tender mix trucks, classified as agricultural support vehicles), a small 400 gallon mix trailer, a pick-up truck, and two forklifts. General maintenance and minor repairs on equipment associated with the business will be conducted in the ag storage building. The operation includes a total of two pilots and one seasonal loader. The operation serves farms in Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Sacramento Counties. On average the business operates 100-150 days per year.

Modesto, Oakdale

Stanislaus

Other (helipad for ag spraying)

Use Permit

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)