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47 <br />Brian Dobyns: My understanding was that farm structures did not need a building permit. <br />Glenn Bowles: If this is a critical issue, perhaps we could do some type of outreach to notify the <br />farmers of the new regulations. <br />Renee Price-Saunders: On page 2 it defines an accessory structure, it lists structures and goes to <br />farms. This maybe too general, and you may want to be more specific. <br />Glenn Bowles: We can make some changes as long as we don't make it less exacting. <br />Renee Price-Saunders: We can make it more pertinent to rural areas. <br />Craufurd Goodwin: Was it a misprint that lumber was listed under chemical compounds? <br />Glenn Bowles: Lumber was on one of the original lists. Typically lumber is not a chemical <br />compound. <br />Jay Bryan: Treated lumber could be. <br />Glenn Bowles: There are a number of commodity storage units in the floodplain as well, so we <br />have to be careful how it's addressed. Especially with regard to junkyards. <br />Jeffrey Schmitt: What is the basis that this will be released to the general public in a readable <br />fashion? Will there be a general notice in the paper? <br />Jay Bryan: Do you mean will there be an educational component after the ordinance is approved? <br />You may want to identify particular people that might be affected. <br />Glenn Bowles: We have already sent letters to two types of individuals affected by the change, <br />but did not address the third type of homeowners who will continue to be in the floodplain. We <br />have also run legal ads in the newspapers about the proposed regulation changes. <br />Jeffrey Schmitt: I have property in the floodplain and had I not been at this meeting, I probably <br />would not be aware of the changes. <br />Glenn Bowles: There are 3,228 parcels that have some land in the floodplain. Mass mailings <br />don't often generate interest either, but we could possibly use some other form. <br />Jay Bryan: You may want to identify a communication process. <br />Renee Price-Saunders: You could put it up in various County buildings. <br />Craufurd Goodwin: Are individuals prohibited from storing items (i.e., piles of gravel, cement <br />logs, bricks, etc.) that will disturb the natural flow of water)? <br />Brian Dobyns: Such as the use of temporary storage. <br />Glenn Bowles: There can be a new item to clarify this. <br />Renee Price-Saunders: One concern you mentioned is the concern of downstream flow, but when <br />the rivers swell, they go outward, not down or up. <br />