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10 1 other activities performed to add value to crops, livestock, and agricultural items 2 produced on the farm, and similar activities incident to the operation of a farm. 3 4 Previous ASE Effort 5 • Previous ASE effort had 3 tiers of use intensity 6 • Due to changes in statutes most of the "Tier 1" and some of the "Tier 2" uses are now 7 considered exempt from zoning regulations (if being done on a bona fide farm) 8 • Conditional zoning districts were necessary in order to implement the proposed program 9 — `New' UDO has conditional zoning districts and more can be added 10 • Previous effort proposed to change the County's normal public hearing process for re- 11 zonings to the new conditional zoning district 12 — Public hearing could be held on any BOCC regular agenda, not just at the quarterly 13 public hearings 14 — Recommendation from APB (Agricultural Preservation Board) and EDC (now Economic 15 Development Advisory Board) in addition to Planning Board recommendation. 16 • Unclear on how a public hearing would function since current process is a joint 17 BOCC/Planning Board hearing 18 • Rural Buffer was removed from consideration until joint planning partners could be more 19 involved 20 — Memo sent in 2007 by former County Manager 21 22 Zoning Methods 23 • Existing AS District (general use district) 24 — 36.57 acres in 8 distinct areas containing approximately 20 parcels. 25 • Existing Conditional Use method 26 • New Conditional Zoning District 27 • New Overlay District 28 29 BOCC Direction/Input 30 1. Verification the BOCC wants staff to work on a comprehensive ASE project 31 — Some of the previous work is still valid but will need to be re-worked into the new UDO 32 — Draft ASE Manual will also need to be largely rewritten 33 2. Should staff pursue coordinating with joint planning partners to potentially have ASE 34 program apply in the Rural Buffer? 35 3. Any Land Use categories where ASE uses should not be encouraged? 36 4. Direction on zoning method(s) to be brought forward. Also, should the normal rezoning 37 process be changed for ASE projects? 38 5. Direction on whether staff should begin working on revising home occupation regulations or 39 methods to reinvigorate rural activity nodes. 40 6. Other issues BOCC may wish to address as part of ASE 41 42 Commissioner Rich asked for clarification on the General Use Districts. 43 Perdita Holtz said that there is a list of uses in the permitted use table, allowed in each 44 zoning use district and if a property is zoned to a General Use Districts, any of those uses can 45 occur. There is no limit on the number. 46 Commissioner Rich asked how one changes to a General Use District. 47 Perdita Holtz said this is done through a re-zoning application. 48 Perdita Holtz reviewed the re-zoning process of the new conditional zoning district and 49 the new overlay district. She said ASE hopes to have this manual at the February 2014 50 Quarterly Public Hearing.