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DRAFT 5 This letter concluded by offering an advisory opinion as it relates to requirement for building permit 1 for farm structures. I will note that this is an advisory opinion. It was not a formal determination and 2 is not subject to your review here this evening in terms of a determination. Put simply, State law 3 exempts farm structures from having to comply with certain components of the building code. And 4 the argument that we presented or the finding we presented herein indicated that in the practical 5 sense Ms. Brewer did not have to apply for a building permit in the first place as this is a farm 6 structure. The remainder of the various attachments including on page 173 the actual application 7 CB16-0020, attachment 2 the UDSA farm number, which is on page 80. 180, excuse me. 8 Attachment 3, which is the sales tax exemption letter authored by the North Carolina Department of 9 Revenue, that’s on page 181. On page 182 we have attachment 4; dealings of findings of the North 10 Carolina Department Insurance Office, State Fire Marshall, Engineering Division as it relates to the 11 advisory opinion we proffered on the building permit status of the structure. The adjacent property 12 owners have appealed this determination alleging that I have erred with respect to the 13 interpretation of the ordinance and erred in not requiring the Brewers’ Southeast Property Group 14 LLC to obtain a zoning compliance permit and that I erred in not requiring a zoning compliance 15 permit as well. Unless you all have any questions I think it’d be appropriate to turn it over to Ms. 16 Brewer, who is represent… I’m sorry, my apologies. Ms. LeAnn Brown, who is representing the 17 appellants here this evening. 18 19 Karen Barrows: Any questions for Michael? 20 21 Susan Halkiotis: I don’t have any. 22 23 Barry Katz: I know we’ve been through this before so in other words Ms. Brewer never had to be 24 here in the first place. Is that what you’re saying? Are you not saying anything right now? Is anyone 25 going to answer that? 26 27 Michael Harvey: When you say is not required to be here, not supposed to be here, can you 28 expand on that question a little bit? 29 30 Barry Katz: What I mean is did she need a zoning permit or anything to build the structure? 31 32 Michael Harvey: As the Board will recall, and I testified in other hearings before this Board, we 33 determined Ms. Brewer had to get a Class B (Special Use Permit). That permit was denied. 34 Subsequently building permit was filed, which we rejected. 35 36 Barry Katz: Oh, ok. 37 38 Michael Harvey: Ms. Brewer in March of 2016 filed a revised building permit with information 39 indicating the property was a bona fide farm, would be used for a bona fide, and that the structure 40 was going to be used for farm purposes. Based on the current wording of the Statute and on 41 advice proffered by the County’s Attorney Office we were not permitted to review this use given its 42 farm exempt status. 43 44 Susan Halkiotis: On which occasion? The March… 45 46 Michael Harvey: The March 16th application. Or the March 2016 application. 47