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DRAFT <br />.020 Larry Wright: For the education of the board and others, this is before the new state laws which <br />.021 are very stringent for new development, etc. and that would satisfy Mr. Kirschner's concern <br />.022 about what runoff would be coming into his pond. Am I overstepping that? <br />.023 <br />.024 Michael Harvey: I won't say you are overstepping it. I will say there is obviously restrictive <br />.025 stormwater management that we have to abide by that we will hold the applicant to. Without <br />.026 seeing the stormwater plan I would not dare say what could or could not happen because it <br />.027 would be a little unfair for me to represent since I am not an expert in stormwater. It would be <br />.028 even worse for me to represent there would not be a problem. I think the honest answer is, as <br />.029 with any special use permit, class A or B, there are certain minimum requirements of standards <br />.030 that have to be met. If you can't meet them, you can't develop the project. Certainly, if they <br />.031 don't comply with established- stormwater standards, they will not be able to get a building <br />.032 permit. Does that address Mr. Kirschner's concerns? I don't know. That is a question he would <br />.033 have to answer. <br />.034 <br />.035 Larry Wright: I think at the last quarterly public hearing, the potassium levels, a lot of people <br />.036 thought they were unrealistic. <br />.037 <br />.038 Michael Harvey: That is a fairly correct statement. <br />.039 <br />.040 Mark Micol: A point of comparison from a residential stand point, could someone come in <br />.041 without a Board of Adjustment special use permit and build a large residence say with stables <br />042 that would generate an equal amount of runoff? <br />.043 <br />044 Michael Harvey: Yes. There could be a farm built on property in the rural buffer because farms <br />045 are technically exempt according to the general stature, 153A 34132 which could include horse <br />046 boarding operations based on the revised state definition of what a farm is. There are <br />047 numerous committed uses that by permitted use according to the LIDO means it is subject to <br />048 staff review and approval and if they demonstrate compliance with the dimensional standards of <br />049 the code, we are obligated to issue the permit so yes, you could have a development of a <br />050 residential nature on this site that could have many if not more of the same impacts from a <br />051 stormwater and drainage perspective. <br />052 <br />053 Bob Hornik: Mr. Kirschner, you testified that you worked for some 30 odd years for the postal <br />054 service... in what capacity? <br />055 <br />056 Cornelius Kirschner: Clerk. <br />057 <br />058 Bob Hornik: You are not a licensed engineer? <br />059 <br />060 Cornelius Kirschner: No. <br />061 <br />062 Bob Hornik: Not a real estate appraiser? _ <br />063 <br />064 Cornelius Kirschner: No. <br />065 <br />066 Bob Hornik: Not a scientist, soil scientist, water scientist? <br />067 <br />068 Cornelius Kirschner: No. <br />069 <br />070 Bob Hornik: That is all I have. <br />071 <br />OC Board of Adjustment — 5/14/2012 Page 20 of 41 <br />=112 <br />