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they could explore this. Commissioner Brown said that she just came back from a Chatham County exhibition and there were artists that create art on their farms. This is an opportunity far a rural enterprise. Commissioner Brawn said that she wanders if the enforcement of not having any retail would limit some things in rural areas. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to page 9 of the use schedule (agricultural research facilities being subject to review and comment by animal control). He said that there was a case a few years ago where asmall-scale animal research facility was located in Cedar Grave. The local animal control had nothing to do with the facility going in there and there were a lot of state agencies. The place was very secretive and there was a lot of security. He agrees that animal control should probably not be involved in this kind of activity. Commissioner Carey made reference to number 10 and the "other" category. He thinks there needs to be this category under the bona fide farm category because they cannot anticipate every use that is going to come up. He thinks the County Commissioners should trust the Planning and farm agency staff to allow farmers to move their projects along without having to come back to the Board to add more definitions. Chair Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Carey. He suggested going through the definitions to see if there are some things that could fit in the "other" category and would leave more flexibility. Chair Jacobs spoke against singling out the rural buffer as a different kind of agriculture than the rest of the County. He has no problem with sending it to the two towns for a courtesy review, but he sees no point in unduly burdening the people who live in the rural buffer who may want to do something. There are other places in the County that are just as densely populated as the rural buffer. Commissioner Brown agreed. Geoffrey Gledhill said that there is a process in the joint planning agreement for amendments to protect the rural buffer, and this process would be followed. Chair Jacobs suggested putting this on the JPA agenda. Commissioner Gordon made reference to number 10 and said that she meant that there aught to be mare of a process than just "identified by local farm agency." She is not sure what it should be. Chair Jacobs suggested asking for a report semi-annually or annually on what other uses have been identified. Commissioner Gordan said that one of the classic things that happen is nuisance complaints. She would like to err on the side of caution and have a process, or there could be a backlash. Commissioner Gordon made reference to number 52 and said that separating the composting from grinding is reasonable, but she would caution that there would not be a de facto landfill. She said that someone could throw a lot of "stuff" in there and say that it is going to compost.