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Attachment 3 NEW ARTICLE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE 20A. AMENDMENTS TO REZONE FOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICE DISTRICTS 20A.1 Statement of Intent I1 To promote local farm profitability and a viable rural economy, land in the Agricultural Residential (AR), Rural Residential (R 1), portions of the Rural Buffer (RB), Existing Commercial (EC -5) and Existing Industrial (EI) zoning districts may be rezoned Agricultural Service District (AS) or Agricultural Service Conditional District (AS -CD) to allow Agricultural Support Enterprises, Agricultural Support Enterprises are logical extensions to farming, offer value -added and /or supplemental revenue from agricultural products, or provide services to the agricultural community. Such uses shall be allowed in the rural portions of the County consistent with the Land Use Element (and future Agricultural Chapter of the Natural and Cultural Systems Element) of the Comprehensive Plan. Changes in zoning categories shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be considered amendments to the Official Zoning Atlas, The reclassification of property to the Agricultural Service District or Agricultural Service Conditional District, as outlined in this Article, shall run with the land without regard to future changes in property ownership. Agricultural Service Districts and Agricultural Service Conditional Districts are floating zoning districts - -a special type of zoning district, defined in this ordinance, but not actually applied to the Zoning Atlas except upon petition by a landowner or otherwise initiated per Section 20A.2. Amendments to the Zoning Atlas — rezonings —are legislative decisions subject to Board of County Commissioners consideration. 20A2 Amendment Initiation 20A,2.1 Subject to the limitations of the foregoing Statement of Intent, an amendment to this ordinance to establish an Agricultural Service District may be initiated by: a) The Board of County Commissioners on its own motion; b) The Planning Board; C) The Agricultural Preservation Board and /or Economic Development Commission; d) Application, by any person or agency. 20A,2,2 An amendment for the reclassification of property to an Agricultural Service Conditional District may be initiated only by the owner of a legal interest in the affected property, any person having an interest in the property by reason of a written contract with the owner, or an agent authorized in writing to act on the owner's behalf. 20A.23 The owner of a parcel zoned Agricultural Service Conditional District may petition to reclassify the parcel to another agricultural service use through the conditional district process orto rezone the parcel to the general Agricultural Service District in accordance to The appropriate process specified in this Article. 20A -11