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ma~~y would Ala apply to the support ~~ ~ study which is currently <br />being financed by the L~~ grar~p. M~. ~llin~ indicated that ~cti~~ <br />X.H. ~ prohibits the Jaunty f~~ pending ~~ey even far the purpa~~s of <br />conducting ~ study. M. l,~dh~.~.l stated that pro~tision~ in the Water <br />and fewer ~aliy ~.ndi~ectly limit the county foam spending funds to <br />extend wa~~~ ~r~d ~w auts~d of its jurisdi~tian ~~~~ in certain <br />cases. <br />T~~ P~BLI~ SEARING WAS aPEI~ ~'~ ~~~T~aNS/aMMENTS FRa~! THE ~~T~LI~ <br />M~`. Peter Kramer indicated that ~ 11i~v~s that O~~rig a~r~ty is <br />in the forefront ~~ this i~s~e. He gave same histo~i~l b~cl~graund on <br />haw this issue dv~lapd av~r~ the years. He mentiand that zany people <br />have devoted a ~~~~~ del ~~ ti~n~ ~~ ~~ing this ~~agram wa~l~ ~~d he <br />strongly supports the idea ~~ ditr~ict. Tn response ~~ hip qu~sti~n to <br />haw the 1~~ acre sire was deter~aid~ M~. ~allins indicated that that <br />was the ~~~~~~ ~i ~~ the farms in grange bounty, ~lth~ugh there are <br />many farms ~~11~ than 1~ acres. Mr* Framer aid the Advisory Hoard <br />~~ laa iota ~~~ i~su~ of farm size and con~id~~ using other criteria ~~ <br />p~`a~mat~ ~ diversity of agriculture. His hops i that the diversity ire <br />~~~.11 farms as well as large farms can b~ ~~gr~ied. <br />A motion was made ]~~ ~ommissione~ willh~it, seconded by <br />a~mis~ian~r H~.1]~iotis ~a refer this item to the Ag~ic-~lt~ral Histricts <br />Advisory Hoard for ~ recommendation ~~ be ret~-n~d to the Hoard of <br />~ammissioners no sooner than Marsh ~, 19. <br />VOTE: iJNAMIM~ <br /> <br />FRaPaSE~ AMEN~I~E~IT~ - M~N~M ~iaL~~I~1G ~aDE <br />Planning Director Mari allins px~sented far cities <br />comment the proposed ordina~~ ~nadifi~tians to the "Minimum Hou~ig <br />fade". These modifications, upon ~daptian, would clarify its <br />admin~stration~ enforcement and interpret~tian by ~~~~ and the public. <br />In 1984, the ~~~ng~ ~r~nty ~~ard of ~ammissioners ~d~pt~d ~ "Minimum <br />Housing ~~~". It was ecagnized by the community that th~~ were <br />dwelling unfit ~~~ hn h~bit~tian due to unsafe st~t~l <br />conditions; fire ~a~~~ds, ir~~d~~u~t~ light end v~ntilation~ inadeguat~ <br />sanitary filiti~ end at ini~i~l ~anditions detrimental to the <br />welfa~ ~~ the aupants and the public. In 1987 the Drange bounty haw <br />~,nd Moderate Income Housing Tasl~ Farce Repot bstan~~.~~ed the <br />continued eiste~~~ of substa~da~d hoping. They also indicated that <br />there is ~r~ iri~~~~ir~g ~~~~ ~~ d~p~~i~-tian in the overall stacl~ of <br />housing. since its adoption, the 1~inimum Ha~a~ing ~rdin~.~ has been <br />~dm~nistered and enforced by the Housing/am~nunity ~~vlapm~nt <br />~pa~tment of Drange jaunty. It is p~opased that this responsibility ~~ <br />~ansferred to the grange jaunty Planning and Inspections dep~rtmer~t <br />because G.. 1~8A-81.1 now requires that inspetian~ b canduct~d by <br />certified code enforcement officers. The Inspections Di~iian, under <br />the direction of the code Enforcement 8upervisar, has four rode <br />enforcement officers, who are crass trained and certified by the ~. ~. <br />~~~ ~u~lif iatio~s Hoard. The original ordinance ~~~ has also been <br />~~f~r~matt~d far fu~th~ cl~rifi~tion of jade ~r~vi~ions. pecifi~ <br />amendments wry ~~ to s~.~plify it~pet~tian ~~~ ~l~a to comply with <br />N.. ~a~e building bodes and ~eg~i~t~~n~, Thy p~avi~ian~ of the <br />