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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 33 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Barry Katz: You can respond for her, you’re her attorney. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Andy Petesch: I don’t have personal knowledge of the information. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Barry Katz: Oh, ok. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Karen Barrows swore in Kara Brewer. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Kara Brewer: My name’s Kara Brewer. So regarding that; what you have to do is we had to hire an 10 <br />engineer and they do a break flow equalization which essentially shrinks the system that we need. 11 <br />Obviously we don’t need that much water, or that much usage of it every single day, so they did it by the 12 <br />days that we think we’re going to be using certain uses. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Barry Katz: So you don’t use that much water everyday they’re averaging it out? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Kara Brewer: Correct. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Barry Katz: And that meets the requirement for your wastewater? 19 <br /> 20 <br />Kara Brewer: It does. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Barry Katz: Does that include a septic field and a repair area? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not know. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Michael Harvey: In the packet you have received there is a repair area denoted. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Barry Katz: Ok. 29 <br /> 30 <br />Matt Hughes: I have a question about enforcement. So what prompts you to look into whether or not 31 <br />something is being used according to permit? Do you periodically check or is it based on just getting a tip 32 <br />from someone who thinks? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Michael Harvey: It’s either a complaint or we conduct periodic inspections throughout the County and 35 <br />determine that there is a problem and initiate an enforcement action. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Matt Hughes: How do you determine that periodic check? Is it routine? How long after a permit is issued 38 <br />would you do that periodic review? 39 <br /> 40 <br />Michael Harvey: Well, the County only has one enforcement officer for zoning; I’m it. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Matt Hughes: Ok, I think that answers the question. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Karen Barrows: Any further questions for Mr. Harvey? 45 <br /> 46 <br />Susan Halkiotis: I had made a note earlier when Mr. Harvey quoted from the Orange County regulations 47 <br />that the agritourism activity must be directly related or incidental to a bona fide farm. And is that somewhere 48 <br />in the materials that we’ve been given? 49