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Michael Harvey: The difference is an affidavit indicating the property is now a farm use and as such the use 1 <br />of the property is farm activity. 2 <br /> 3 <br />LeAnne Brown: And that affidavit is an affidavit submitted by Kara Brewer? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Michael Harvey: Correct. 6 <br /> 7 <br />LeAnne Brown: And what independent activities did you or Orange County undertake to determine the 8 <br />extent of which the proposed use was incidental to the farming activity identified in that affidavit? 9 <br /> 10 <br />Michael Harvey: Well as we indicated in our email to you, we haven’t made any final determination of use 11 <br />(of property) whatsoever. In fact, if I can quote back to the May 18th email, on page 76 of the packet, “As an 12 <br />update to the barn project off Morrow Mill Road I would like to offer you the following: you may already be 13 <br />aware the applicant has filed a building permit application proposing the construction of an agricultural 14 <br />structure i.e.) a barn, along with an affidavit indicating the structure will be used for agricultural purposes 15 <br />exempt from zoning. As a result from the submitted documentation that zoning approval for the project was 16 <br />required for a building permit further zoning enforcement will be dependent upon actual use of the property 17 <br />and whether it is consistent with the County UDO or state statutory exemptions. At this juncture we don’t 18 <br />have any sufficient evidence to document or demonstrate that the activity is not going to be inconsistent 19 <br />with the bona fide farm exemption. As future use of the property is made we will then have to make 20 <br />additional determinations’. 21 <br /> 22 <br />LeAnne Brown: And the evidence that you have with regard to the use is solely the affidavit that you have 23 <br />from Ms. Brewer? 24 <br /> 25 <br />Michael Harvey: Correct. And the building permit application itself. 26 <br /> 27 <br />LeAnne Brown: Are you aware of whether there was an application made to Orange County for wastewater 28 <br />and well? 29 <br /> 30 <br />Michael Harvey: I am aware. 31 <br /> 32 <br />LeAnne Brown: Do you happen to have copies of those materials? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes. 35 <br /> 36 <br />LeAnne Harvey: Let’s mark it as number 12. Looking at Exhibit 12 can you identify the number of guests 37 <br />and staff that are represented to Orange County as utilizing this facility? Maybe look at wastewater instead 38 <br />of well. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Michael Harvey: It is not readily apparent in what I’m reading. Are you talking about the application for 41 <br />permit received on the 17th of March 2016? 42 <br /> 43 <br />LeAnne Brown: Yes, that’s right. How many guests and staff members does it anticipate? 44 <br /> 45 <br />Michael Harvey: Friday and Saturday the number of employees, 10 max. A number of 250 guests for a 46 <br />farm building constructed for bona fide farm purposes including but not limited to the storage and 47 <br />31