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e EXISTING ZONING 41 AR Agricultural-Residential BACKGROUND Laura Baldwin received a Home Occupation Permit on March 11, 1992, to operate an Arts and Crafts Studio on her property. On January 31, 1995, the Planning Office received a complaint concerning the operation of Reba and Roses. Inspection by this office on March 8, and March 14, revealed that: 1. Reba and Roses is a retail sales complex (gift, flower, plant, and garden shop, greenhouse, outside display gardens, and parking), conducting business and open to the public six days per week at 112 Baldwin Road; and 2. Two off-premises commercial signs are evident: (1) a Reba and Roses sign has been erected on the northwest comer of St. Mary's and Baldwin Roads; and (2) a Reba and Roses -=D sign is posted on a tree in the curve on Baldwin Road when approaching the entrance to the parking lot from St. Mary's Road. CURRENT USE/ZONING STATUS Reba and Roses is a commercial establishment, currently operating in violation of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. Specifically, the owner has been cited for the following use and sign violations: 1. This use of the property for retail sales of goods not manufactured on the premises is in violation of the provisions of Section 6.16.6.3 Home Occupations in the RB. AR and R-1 Districts of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. 2. The use of the property for commercial activities in the AR Agricultural- Residential Zoning District is in violation of Section 4.3 Permitted Use Table (S42) of the Zoning Ordinance. Business use in the AR District is permitted only where valid Home Occupation Permits or Special Use Permits have been issued. 3. The abovementioned signs are in violation of Sections 9.5 Sia—ss Sub.ject to Control and 9.11 Permitted Sign: Size Number Height. and Location Of in the Zoning Ordinance. The Zoning Enforcement Officer discussed four options with the owner to bring the property into compliance with the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. These are listed below: 1. Closing the business and using the property as permitted by right in the AR Agricultural-Residential Zoning District;