NS ORD-1996-043 Proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment - Temporary Events

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DRAFT 4 14 1 Temporary events such as those described above would not be considered a principal use when they take place 2 at a site normally associated with the activity. 3 4 COMMENTS ANDiOR QUE TIONS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 5 6 Commissioner Gordon asked which residential districts were included in this request. 7 8 Mary Wigs indicated that all districts up to R-13. She indicated that this was being proposed for a 9 Special Use Permit so that issues such as parking availability could be looked at for each request Also,there 10 would be a Public Hearing required for each request 11 12 13 comMENTC ANnmR QUESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD - None 14 15 commEmTS ANDIOR ouESTIONS NS 16 17 Paul Tdpodi,an Orange County resident stated that he was applying for permission to hold small 18 outdoor events,such as wedding receptions. He was not interested in any of the larger scale events mentioned 19 in the presentation. They would never have events that lasted several days or evening events which would 20 require outdoor righting. He has been working with the State and County Health Departments to determine what 21 needs.to be done to meet health requirements and water availability. 22 23 Commissioner Gordon commented that although there does not appear to be off-site impact at this 24 particular location.that might not be true of other applicants. At Issue here is the essence of a residential area 25 and whether or not this would generally be an appropriate residential enterprise. 26 27 Mary Willis commented that this was not considered a'home occupation because it would have an 28 impact greater than that expected from a horse business, For that reason,staff developed the'Temporary 29 EverrW category. 30 31 Ann Peterson,a friend of the Tripodi's,asked that the Board grant the Tripod?s request She mentioned 32 that the Temporary Event category is much broader than that which was requested. The Tripodre main concern 33 is the Inconvenience and time problems associated with having to apply for a Special Use Pem-it for each of 34 these events. 35 36 Jim Glover,also a friend of The Tripodr s,asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve their 37 request to hold small catered weddings on their rural property. Most of the allowed activities in this'temporary 38 EvenC category are much larger than anything that the Tripodi's would ever schedule. 39 40 Patti Tripodi mentioned that there are several horse farms,a dairy farm and a brick mason in the 41 immediate vicinity. She felt that their area was actually more commercial than residential. She asked that the 42 Board of County Commissioners approve their request 43 44 Commissioner Gordon felt that it was very important to pay dose attention to anything that would create 45 a non-residential impact in a residential community. 47 Commissioner Willhoit asked the County Attorney if it would be possible to tindt this type of event by the 48 number of acres km*ed. For example.3 people could be allowed for each acre. 49 50 Geoff Gladh6 replied that he would research the Legality of this way of detern"ng how many people 51 would be allowed. 53 A motion was made by Commissioner WiLihoit,seconded by Commissioner Crowther.to refer the 54 proposed amendments to the Planning Board far a recommendation to be returned to the Board of 55 Commissioners no sooner than October 1. 1996. The Planning Board is also requested to consider how they 56 would deal with offsite impacts such as density,number of vehicles and setback& 57 VOTE: UNANIMOUS