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67 <br />DRAFT <br />161 Ashley Moncado: That was a discussion we had at the December Planning Board meeting and those are uses that <br />162 are not permitted because of the nature and intensity of their uses. <br />163 <br />164 James Lea: I disagree because of the fact that a lot of people in the rural area do automotive repair at their home <br />165 and this is saying they are not allowed to do this service at their home and it is an occupation. <br />166 <br />167 Ashley Moncado: Personal use or doing work for the general public, exchanging money? <br />168 <br />169 James Lea: For a living, exchanging money, and that's how they make their living. So what this is saying is they can <br />170 no longer do that? <br />171 <br />172 Ashley Moncado: Currently it is not permitted through this standard. This was discussed at the November Planning <br />173 Board meeting but a formal amendment was not presented to staff. It was also discussed at the quarterly public <br />174 hearing and again at the December Planning Board meeting. At that time the only items identified as the Planning <br />175 Board wished to see as now being permitted was building, electrical, plumbing mechanical, grading or other <br />176 construction contracting. The Planning Board did not cite the need to allow the remaining automotive uses to be <br />177 permitted as home occupation. <br />178 <br />179 Pete Hallenbeck: Do you see a difference between automotive detailing and the other items in that list? <br />180 <br />181 James Lea: I do see a difference because you are basically cleaning cars. If you are repairing your car or someone <br />182 else's car, you should have the right to do that too. <br />183 <br />184 Ashley Moncado: We are not restricting people from doing work on their personal car. When it becomes an actual <br />185 operation having people dropping their car and working on multiple cars that is not permitted. <br />186 <br />187 James Lea: Even if they have the space? <br />188 <br />189 Ashley Moncado: You are obviously operating business out of your home. <br />190 <br />191 Perdita Holtz: They are not permitted as a home occupation; there are other avenues to get approval. <br />192 <br />193 James Lea: If they have the land to do it. <br />194 <br />195 Pete Hallenbeck: Your basic comment is when you detail a car, it is not noisy or messy, why is that on the list? <br />196 <br />197 James Lea: All three of those fall in that category. <br />198 <br />199 Herman Staats: I think this is an example where the size of your lot does make a difference. If you have a one acre <br />200 lot in the middle of town, I don't want a body shop next door to me but if I own 50 acres out in the country and there <br />201 are other avenues where I could utilize to run that business there then I would like to have the opportunity to do it. 1 <br />202 think that is a good example of where the size of the lot does have an impact. <br />203 <br />204 Pete Hallenbeck: If you went for a conditional use permit, they clearly define what you can and cannot do. The <br />205 process involves your neighbor's input. <br />206 <br />207 James Lea: Some of my neighbors do work at home on vehicles. I feel they have the right to take their garage and <br />208 service people's cars if that is what they choose. <br />209 <br />210 Paul Guthrie: We rent property in another county in this state and many times deal only by telephone and receive <br />211 mail back and forth about those rentals. Does that put us in a category to need a permit from Orange County to do <br />212 that business that takes place totally in another county? <br />213 <br />11 <br />