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16 Land uses allowed in the AS District with a Special Use Permit: Land Fills Elevated Water Storage Tanks Public Utility Stations and Substations Telecommunication Towers Over 75 Feet Switching Stations,Telephone Exchanges Transmission Lines Water and Sewage Treatment Plants Class II Kennels/Riding Stables Some of the uses listed above such as governmental services,churches,and bus passenger shelters are not directly supportive of agriculture,but are uses permitted in almost all zoning districts. Because of its specific, support service-oriented nature,Agricultural Service is the only non-residential zoning district allowed in the Agricultural-Residential Land Use Plan category outside of designated commercial activity nodes. In much of the County's jurisdiction(at least 63 0/6),land may be rezoned to AS without a Comprehensive Plan amendment. Consequently, it is important to adhere to the intent of the district when reviewing permitted uses, so that inappropriate,non-rural uses generating negative impacts to farming operations are not located throughout the county. This policy is articulated in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan with the following objective under Goal Seven: Encourage agricultural-related commercial and industrial uses consistent with the zoning district Agricultural Service(AS)to locate at activity nodes,but allow their occurrence anywhere in the Agricultural-Residential plan areas. The existing definition of agricultural services in the Zoning Ordinance only lists examples of that type of use. The proposed amendment is to revise the definition by adding language to define the category of land use and list additional appropriate uses as examples. Since"agricultural service uses"is a listing on the Permitted Use Table in Article 4,the examples listed under the definitions will be incorporated by reference as permitted uses. As part of the proposed amendment,the Permitted Use Table will be revised to allow AS uses in the General Commercial zoning district. Three uses that are not consistent with the intent of the AS district will be deleted from the list of permitted uses in that district. Other changes are listed below. A definition of riding stable is proposed to make clear the intent of the ordinance to regulate stables as a commercial use,not to require a special use permit for stables as accessory uses to a private resience or farm. Existing and proposed ordinance text: Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table Refer to the attachment which indicates the proposed changes listed below: P9 Extraction of Earth Products Class A Special Use in AS because it is land-based production (currently a Special Use in AR) S2 Agricultural Service Uses Permitted Use in GC-4 (in addition to AS)