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~~ lssu~: Rana{ Traffic lm~aGts -- During the revisor of a Class A Specie{ Use Permit, local reSicfents expressed oancem over the tfrreshoki levels of standards governing traffic generated by a proposed development within a rzaral pr~rtian of the Ga~rr>;ty. It was suggested that stafif I~egin looking a# the need to rr~odiFy existing regulations to ciifferentrat~e between acoeptablrr levels of traffc being generated #or projects within rural vs. urban areas. PROCESS~FIIUIEL{NE 13eeaus~e there are a variety of land uses wl#h different traffic generation attributes the . subject must be examined flot~prehensirrely and not necessarrl3r as a response tra a specifrc case. Staff will soon begin work on addressing this issrae with draft text to be presented at a Quarterly Public Hearing in the latter par# bf 200g. ISSUt;: Rural Lighting Irrtpacts T The County has received a complaint from a local resident concerned over the use of outdoor bail field lights at a local church adjacent to her residersoe. The residertit has indicated that the lic~h#e are out of character with the rural setting of tFie area and cle#ract trorn her ability to make reasonable use Qf her property. Stag has inspected the church and determined the erected bolt feid lights do not fully adhere to #ie requirements of the Qrdinanc~. A lVt~tice o~ Violation has teen issued ancf we are crarrently in the process of oaordinating, with the church, efforts to address the various incanslsterrcies. PR~C ESSlT{ti411 ELI N ~ In terms of addressing the need fc~r QrdinancE amendments, rela#ing to our existing outdoor lighting standands, staff is lil the process of frta{i~ing a report to present 1,o the PlaEnning Board Ordirtai-~e Review CemrtiitteE ark then report to the BQCC in January ar February of 24x9 or,rtlining various options irr an effort to solicit guidanca on appropriate amendments, !r-i staffs opinion it will Wolf be sufficient to merely amend existing regukatians to req~rire outdoor a#hletic f'refd llgl~ts within the rural portions of the ~ar~nty btu turned off e~tier than in mom urban areas of the County. Sta#F br~lieves ##~re is a need to r~~evaEuate oar cx.rrrent regulatory }~t~iiosophy acrd oampletQ a wholesale revision a# the existing lig~rting stanetarrts.