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Kara Brewer: Correct. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Barry Katz: And that meets the requirement for your wastewater? 3 <br /> 4 <br />Kara Brewer: It does. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Barry Katz: Does that include a septic field and a repair area? 7 <br /> 8 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not know. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Michael Harvey: In the packet you have received there is a repair area denoted. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Barry Katz: Ok. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Matt Hughes: I have a question about enforcement. So what prompts you to look into whether or not 15 <br />something is being used according to permit? Do you periodically check or is it based on just getting a tip 16 <br />from someone who thinks? 17 <br /> 18 <br />Michael Harvey: It’s either a complaint or we conduct periodic inspections throughout the County and 19 <br />determine that there is a problem and initiate an enforcement action. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Matt Hughes: How do you determine that periodic check? Is it routine? How long after a permit is issued 22 <br />would you do that periodic review? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Michael Harvey: Well, the County only has one enforcement officer for zoning; I’m it. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Matt Hughes: Ok, I think that answers the question. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Karen Barrows: Any further questions for Mr. Harvey? 29 <br /> 30 <br />Susan Halkiotis: I had made a note earlier when Mr. Harvey quoted from the Orange County regulations 31 <br />that the agritourism activity must be directly related or incidental to a bona fide farm. And is that somewhere 32 <br />in the materials that we’ve been given? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Michael Harvey: No. That was my testimony from what the definition of agritourism says in Article 10 of the 35 <br />UDO. But then I also reminded the Board that I am obligated to abide by the State Statute which in 36 <br />County’s Exhibit 3 defines an agritourism activity as any activity carried out on a farm or ranch and allows 37 <br />members of the general public for recreation, entertainment, or education purposes to view or enjoy rural 38 <br />activities including, farming, ranching, historic, cultural, harvest-your-own activities, or natural activities and 39 <br />attractions. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Karen Barrows: Is that it for Mr. Harvey? 42 <br /> 43 <br />LeAnne Brown: I’m not sure. I had hoped we could agree to (inaudible) hearing by agreeing to facts that 44 <br />didn’t work out for us to do because a hurricane came through town and tied up Mr. Petesch pretty badly. I 45 <br />am ready to make legal argument as to why I believe you need to reverse the decision but there may be 46 <br />other evidence so I would want to save that until all the evidence has been received. So I don’t know if you 47 <br />plan to do rebuttal evidence or not. 48 <br />36