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Approved 11/8/2010 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/11/2010 Page 32 of 35 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br /> <br />Tom Brown: Ok, so we could make that an exception for that. <br /> <br />Sahana Ayer: Let me remind the Board that you can make exceptions for specific events like Mr. Blankfard said. <br />Birthday party with educational component, you could make the determination that the zoning officer erred on that <br />aspect. Similarly, you can make a determination, conceivably that a wedding party that involves farming activity for <br />instance complies with the Special Use Permit. <br /> <br />Mark Micol: A wedding with a hayride would be appropriate. <br /> <br />David Blankfard: I would say that’s probably stretching it. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: ….want to serve both, the applicant and the community. We’re trying to do both things. We’re trying to <br />make sure that the applicant gets as much as reasonable use of their property but at the same time we want the other <br />citizens of the county to not be encroached upon. That’s a tough balance, that’s why we’re here. <br /> <br />Mark Micol: If we have them go back through the SUP process, we are going to hear this again and so if we agree that <br />these uses should be allowed, having them spend the additional time and money to come back for us to affirm these <br />seven things to me is just… If we can somehow tonight get an answer to allow these uses. <br /> <br />Dawn Brezina: That’s was why we were trying to when we started talking about being able to put any modifications. <br /> <br />Mark Micol: Like I said we’re going to have to say we affirm Mr. Harvey’s decision and then have him come back with <br />an SUP and then approve the SUP. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: …we would allow public testimony and a delineation of the uses that they want to have which we do not <br />have at this time. We have special events, well what’s a special event, how many? <br /> <br />Mark Micol: Well, that’s what I was suggesting if we could modify and list those then if they didn’t agree with our <br />modifications they would have to go back through the SUP anyway. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: I would try to keep it as clean as we can and uncomplicated as possible. <br /> <br />Mark Micol: That is going to require the SUP….. <br /> <br />David Blankfard: That is going to have to go through the Department of Health and make sure the septic systems are <br />up to speed or all the parking is enough, if their access is …. <br /> <br />Larry Wright: I just feel that is unfortunate. <br /> <br />Dawn Brezina: I feel that is unfortunate too. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: But we’ve had past camp and retreat centers where we’ve had these very same issues arise … <br /> <br />Dawn Brezina: I still don’t understand, I should have asked Mr. Harvey when we could have but…why it wasn’t <br />presented as a new SUP this time. <br /> <br />Mark Micol: Because of the expense and the time. He brought that up. <br /> <br />Tom Brown: The appellant, it’s their decision to appeal or not and they chose to appeal so now its in our court to <br />decide. My sense of where we are right now, I am just saying this is not to form a motion, is that we would affirm the