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16 <br />Activity' <br />Considered <br />"Exempt" <br />from zoning <br />regulations if <br />bona fide farm ?" <br />Environmental <br />Health Concerns or <br />Comments <br />Building Code <br />Concerns or <br />Comments <br />Zoning /Land Use <br />Concerns or Comments <br />Agri- tourism facilities <br />If "facility" is <br />No permits required <br />Sufficient off - street <br />required to have <br />unless existing or new <br />parking must be <br />YES <br />bathroom facilities, <br />structures are open to <br />provided to ensure the <br />water supply permits <br />the general public. <br />facility does not <br />and septic permits <br />become a road safety <br />may be necessary. <br />hazard. <br />Solar arrays <br />Environmental <br />Building and electrical <br />Orange County <br />Health will review <br />permits required. <br />adopted standards <br />site plans and issue <br />Engineer sealed plans <br />related to solar arrays <br />an authorization <br />required. <br />in November 2012. A <br />after assuring that <br />"small" operation (one <br />structures don't <br />that reduces or meets <br />encroach on existing <br />on -site energy needs <br />facilities (septic <br />and generates 20 <br />systems). <br />kilowatts or less) is <br />NO <br />considered an <br />accessory use in all <br />zoning districts. <br />"Large" or "Public <br />Utility" solar array <br />facilities (defined in <br />UDO) are subject to <br />either a Class B or A <br />Special Use Permit <br />(SUP). <br />