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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 27 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Michael Harvey: Yes. 2 <br /> 3 <br />LeAnne Brown: And what did you determine? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Michael Harvey: After consulting with the County Attorney’s Office it became apparent the applicant was 6 <br />alleging and stipulating that the property was being developed to support an agricultural land use and 7 <br />based on the current wording in (General Statute) 153a-340 (b) (2) it was the decision that we did not have 8 <br />the authority to review the project. 9 <br /> 10 <br />LeAnne Brown: And on that basis you determined that no SUP would be required and the building permit 11 <br />process should proceed. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Michael Harvey: We are prohibited from reviewing the project from the statute because the applicant’s 14 <br />alleging farm use. 15 <br /> 16 <br />LeAnne Brown: And (inaudible) the determination was made that the interpretation of the statute prohibited 17 <br />you from reviewing the plans any further? 18 <br /> 19 <br />Michael Harvey: Correct. 20 <br /> 21 <br />LeAnne Brown: And what is different about that application from the January application? You had testified 22 <br />that in the January application you still believed a SUP was needed. What’s different? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Michael Harvey: The project description has changed dramatically. 25 <br /> 26 <br />LeAnne Brown: What’s the project description? 27 <br /> 28 <br />Michael Harvey: The project description in the January application’s to construct barn into farm event 29 <br />building. 30 <br /> 31 <br />LeAnne Brown: Barn for agricultural use? Is that what is says? 32 <br /> 33 <br />Michael Harvey: No. The January application packet says construct barn into farm event building. Period. 34 <br /> 35 <br />LeAnne Brown: And the March application? 36 <br /> 37 <br />Michael Harvey: The March application reads as follows: Barn for agricultural use including but not 38 <br />necessarily limited to the storage and processing of agricultural products and equipment, agritourism, such 39 <br />as educational workshops, school field trips, weddings, retreats, and farm dinners and support for all other 40 <br />activities related and incidental to the operation of a farm. 41 <br /> 42 <br />LeAnne Brown: And the land disturbance in the inaudible 16 application? Is it still 85,000 square feet? 43 <br /> 44 <br />Michael Harvey: I believe that’s correct. 45 <br /> 46 <br />LeAnne Brown: And the size of the building; is it still 3,996 square feet of building plus 654 square feet of 47 <br />loft? 48 <br /> 49