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9. Legislative Changes: Amend regulations as necessary in response to legislative <br />changes at the State level <br />10. Streamline Regulations: Continue to streamline regulations where possible <br />11. 2014 BOCC Retreat: Any priorities that emerge at the January 2014 BOCC retreat <br /> <br /> <br />What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the upcoming <br />year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners’ attention? <br /> <br />1. Rural Enterprises: Continue to expand rural enterprises by completing work on <br />“Agricultural Support Enterprises” and Home Occupation standards. Determine <br />need to address water & sewage disposal issues in the Rural Activity Nodes to <br />encourage development in these nodes. <br />2. Streamlining: Streamline the project approval/public hearing process by revising <br />the existing quarterly public hearing process. <br />3. Emergency Access: Work with appropriate staff/departments to better ensure <br />properties can be reached by emergency personnel (e.g., driveway width and <br />clearance, bridge weight limit signage and sufficiency to allow a fire truck to pass, <br />gate width, curve radii sufficient for emergency vehicles). <br />4. Mass Gathering/Special Events: Revisions to UDO regarding mass gathering and <br />special events (must wait until after Emergency Services/Attorney’s Office enacts a <br />Mass Gathering Ordinance) <br />5. Pre-zoning for Economic Development Projects: Continue to “prezone” areas <br />where possible to focus growth in appropriate areas with consistent land uses, <br />thereby improving the review and approval process. <br />6. Adult Entertainment: County should adopt an adult entertainment ordinance that is <br />consistent with State and Federal laws. <br />7. Nuisance Ordinance: Consider a nuisance ordinance for Economic Development, <br />Commercial, and Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes and areas <br />adjacent to these land use classifications to “protect” these areas slated for <br />economic development projects. <br />8. Transportation Issues: Need for better public transit in rural areas, including senior <br />citizen mobility, and “transit oriented development.” Accent focus on transit <br />dependent populations and their connection to other transit infrastructure. <br />9. Affordable Housing: On-going need for affordable housing opportunities in the <br />county. Also include the role of MHP’s in affordable housing. <br /> <br />22