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W <br />• Microbrewery, Production Only <br />• Winery, Production Only <br />• Rural Heritage Museum <br />Special Use Permits are "quasi- judicial" proceedings <br />• Public Hearing <br />• Decided on a case -by -case basis with public input ( "evidence ") <br />Conditional Zoning District (ASE -CZ) <br />Some of the more intensive uses that can be applied for as an ASE -CZ could not be applied for <br />in the Rural Buffer <br />• Composting Operation with grinding <br />• Regional Meat Processing Facility <br />• Stockyards /Livestock Markets <br />• Sawmills <br />• Both Agricultural Preservation Board and Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee <br />agree on removing these uses from consideration in the Rural Buffer <br />Conditional Zoning District (ASE -CZ) <br />• Conditional zoning districts allow projects to be considered on a case -by -case, site - <br />specific basis <br />• Rezoning (legislative process) with public hearing <br />• Acknowledges that there are places where a specific type of use may be appropriate <br />whereas it would not be in a different site - specific situation <br />• BOCC has final decision on whether a proposed use(s) is compatible with <br />surrounding uses <br />• Mutually agreed upon conditions can be imposed as part of the approval process <br />• Allows tailoring of project to a specific site <br />• Table of Permitted Uses lists the types of uses that can be applied for as an ASE -CZ <br />JPA Review <br />November 21, 2013 Assembly of Governments meeting to discuss with elected officials <br />Amendment Package sent to JPA partners on January 17, 2014 <br />• To date, no comments have been received <br />Public Notification <br />• Completed in accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO <br />➢ Newspaper legal ads for 2 successive weeks <br />• Held Public Information Meeting on February 17 (was postponed from advertised date of <br />February 13) <br />➢ Flyers posted <br />➢ Press Release <br />• Has been a topic on a few agendas in the past year <br />➢ BOCC (including Assembly of Governments) <br />➢ Planning Board <br />➢ Agricultural Preservation Board <br />• Planning website posting on January 24 <br />Recommendation <br />• Receive the proposal to amend the Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development <br />Ordinance. <br />