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14 1 Commissioner Gordon said she is concerned in some cases about the intensity and size 2 of the uses, particularly with the Agricultural Support Enterprises Conditional Zoning ASE-CZ. 3 She said the point was to be more flexible with the standards. She said in some cases it has 4 gotten a little more flexible and a little less predictable. She has general concerns of that 5 nature, but she feels the general concept of agricultural support enterprises is a worthy one. 6 Commissioner Gordon noted for future reference, that the R-1 zoning is not included in 7 Agricultural Support Enterprises outside of the rural buffer. 8 Commissioner Price referred back to the water issue and said she agrees that it is 9 important to know. She is concerned about how much it will cost to do a study and how it will 10 affect others in the vicinity. She questioned whether it will be helping or hurting people to 11 require a study that could cost thousands of dollars. 12 Perdita Holtz said when staff spoke with potential consultants the answer was $3000 to 13 $6000 for a simple study and up to $20,000 for an extensive study. 14 Commissioner Price noted that the outside storage cannot be in the front of the building 15 but could be at the side. She asked how this will work. She said this is on page 74 in the 16 packet. 17 Perdita Holtz said this means outdoor storage would not be allowed in the front of a 18 building between the building and road. She said storage would be allowed from the front 19 building line backwards to the rear yard, and this is meant to limit unsightly storage in the front 20 of buildings. She said for the purposes of zoning, the front yard is defined as the area between 21 the road and the building, regardless of the direction the building faces. 22 Commissioner Pelissier said she hopes that the Board will pass this item, since it has 23 been around since 2001. She said some of the advisory boards have lost faith in the County. 24 She hopes that the passage of this might redeem the Board and the County. She hopes that if 25 this passes the Board would find a way to let the community know that this is opening up rural 26 Orange County for more entrepreneurship related to agriculture and food. 27 Chair Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Pelissier's comments. He said this has been 28 adjusted several times to make it more feasible in every possible way. He is pleased that this is 29 moving on a parallel track with similar uses in the rural buffer. He said residents were promised 30 30 years ago that they would not be disadvantaged by being zoned rural buffer. He said it has 31 taken a little while but the Board is now at the threshold of fulfilling an obligation and creating 32 opportunities. He said he hopes that the planning department will monitor the effect of the 33 water analysis costs and let the Board of County Commissioners know if changes are needed. 34 35 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Rich to: 36 adopt the Ordinance for Agricultural Support Enterprises as outlined in Attachment 2 which 37 approves the amendments. 38 39 VOTE: 6-1 (Commissioner Gordon) 40 41 Commissioner Price said this is a topic that hit her when she first got on the planning 42 board in 2001, and it is nice to see it finally happen. 43 44 6. Consent Agenda 45 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 46 Commissioner Gordon requested the removal of item 6b for discussion. 47 Commissioner Dorosin requested the removal of item 6d for discussion. 48 6d 49 50 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda