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034 <br />TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners and Planning Board <br />DATE: August 13, 1999 <br />PAGE: Two <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION: Agricultural- Residential <br />(Little River Watershed) <br />EXISTING ZONING: AR(LITTLE -PW) — Agricultural - Residential (Little River <br />Protected Watershed) zoned in accordance with the adopted <br />Comprehensive, Plan <br />REQUESTED ZONING: AS(LITTLE -P" —Agricultural Service (Little River Protected <br />Watershed) <br />AS DISTRICT DEFINITION, INTENT, AND PERMITTED USES: <br />Sec. 4.2.24 AGRICULTURAL SERVICE (AS) DISTRICT <br />DEFINITION <br />Commercial activities offering goods and services which support production of <br />agricultural products or processing of those products to make them marketable. <br />Examples include, but are not limited to, soil preparation, animal and farm <br />management, landscaping and horticultural services, specialized commercial <br />horticulture, specialized animal husbandry, biocide services, retail sales of farm/garden <br />products, supplies and equipment, equipment rental and repair service, tack shop, <br />farrier, blacksmith, welding shops, facilities for animal shows, animal sales and <br />auctions, agriculture -based clubs/meeting halls, storage and processing plants for <br />agricultural products including wineries and canneries. <br />INTENT <br />The purpose of the AS Agricultural Service District is to provide sites in the rural portion <br />of the County for rural non -farm, non - residential uses which support the horticultural, <br />silvacultural, and agricultural uses of the AR Agricultural - Residential districts. The AS <br />district is usually applied where the following conditions exist: <br />1. The site is within areas designated by the adopted Land Use Element of <br />the Comprehensive Plan as Agricultural - Residential, <br />2. Lot sizes for individual uses are appropriate to the method of water supply <br />and sewage disposal, and <br />3. Normally, the maximum amount of land zoned AS at any location shall not <br />exceed ten acres. <br />