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Attachment 1 4 <br />Proposal <br />Staff recommends revising the existing AS floating district apparatus so that property owners <br />could apply to have their property that is now zoned AR, R1, RB, EC5 or El rezoned to AS using <br />the general rezoning or the conditional district rezoning process.' <br />Amendments to the zoning ordinance would include a checklist outlining specifications for the <br />site - specific development plan for the new use, along with appropriate performance standards,. <br />Amendments to the Land Use Element would speak to the consistency of the new use to the <br />surrounding land uses. What is the predominant land use within a half -mile radius of the <br />property? What is the average lot size? Is the community predominantly active agriculture or is <br />it starting to transition into residential subdivisions? <br />Conditional district zoning appears to be the most appropriate mechanism to allow <br />commercial /industrial farm uses in the rural parts of the county without disrupting the existing <br />residential zoning designations. Rezonings would be allowed based on the appropriateness of <br />a specific project to a specific community. Consistency with the Land Use Element would <br />eliminate the problems associated with arbitrary zoning decisions. Revising the Agricultural <br />Services Floating Zoning District can provide the cornerstone to the Agricultural Support <br />Enterprises initiative by promoting ventures that are consistent with the County's Land Use <br />Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />' Rural activity nodes, zoned LC -1 or NC -2, are also suitable locations for agricultural support enterprises. <br />Amendments to the zoning ordinance could allow agricultural support enterprises to occur in rural activity nodes by- <br />right Rural activity node parcels could also be rezoned Agricultural Service using the general or conditional district <br />process. Property rezoned to AS using the general rezoning process would be labeled on the zoning atlas "AS." <br />Properties rezoned using the conditional district rezoning process would be labeled on the zoning atlas "AS -CD" and <br />the permitted use. <br />