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11 <br /> <br />Skateboarding Ordinance - Prohibited in facilities use policy. Having it in the Code 1 <br />criminalizes this activity. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Animals Ordinance - Prohibits dogs in county-owned buildings except in limited 4 <br />circumstances. Allowable circumstances don’t comply with current law. 5 <br /> 6 <br />John Roberts said the language in the Animals Ordinance is not compliant with 7 <br />Federal law, and the Skateboarding Ordinance is already in the facilities use policy, and 8 <br />having it in the ordinance criminalizes the activity. He said if a criminal action is needed 9 <br />on this activity, it could simply be a trespass. He said the language in the Animals 10 <br />Ordinance is probably unlawful, and there is a provision allowing service animals in 11 <br />County buildings in the facilities use policy. He recommends repealing both of these. 12 <br />Commissioner McKee asked if the Federal law specifically identifies dogs as the 13 <br />only service animal. 14 <br />John Roberts said no. 15 <br />Commissioner Price referred to skateboarding, and admitted she is no fan of it; 16 <br />but she asked if an Olympic sport should be criminalized. She said many cities embrace 17 <br />skateboarding, and the County needs to get with the times to a certain extent. 18 <br />John Roberts said he is recommending repealing the skateboarding ordinance. 19 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said a skate park was once considered for Twin Creeks 20 <br />Park, but this park was never developed. He said it may be a good idea to incorporate 21 <br />this into a County park. 22 <br />Chair Dorosin said consensus is to allow skateboarding, and to comply with 23 <br />Federal law regarding service animals, repealing both ordinances. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Chapter 24 26 <br />Regulating Exposure of Female Human Body Ordinance - Likely illegal and 27 <br />discriminatory. The Board agreed this should be repealed. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Chapter 34 30 <br />Solid Waste Management Ordinance - The passage of House Bill 56 may require 31 <br />amendment to the ordinance, particularly with regard to flow control. This may be 32 <br />combined with a previously requested full ordinance rewrite. 33 <br /> 34 <br />John Roberts said there are many things that can be cleaned up and his office is 35 <br />working on this. 36 <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br />Additional Discussion 39 <br />Chair Dorosin asked if there is an update on the permitted uses table that the 40 <br />BOCC reviewed previously. 41 <br />Craig Benedict said the County must list each item that it wants to prohibit. He 42 <br />said this makes the list bigger, which is not the County’s goal. He said staff is trying to 43 <br />cluster items, and have definitions that cover as many uses as possible. 44 <br />Michael Harvey, Project Coordinator Current Planning, said there is a fine 45 <br />balance, and he is trying to be as inclusive as he can. He said one of the elements 46 <br />associated with this is incorporating comments made by elected officials and the 47 <br />Planning Board from last year concerning the various Economic Development Districts 48 <br />(EDD). He said the table of permitted uses project is not going to consolidate the nine 49 <br />EDDs that currently exist, however consolidation would be a good idea. 50 <br />Craig Benedict said decisions need to be made about the procedures, and which 51 <br />processes are easier and which ones are harder. He said specific uses have to be 52 <br />married to a process. 53