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2 <br />Michael Harvey: The problem with trade contractors is they turn their houses into a storage area. We don’t allow <br />trade contractors to build storage areas. <br /> <br />Tony Blake: What differentiates the person at the end of my road who has 40 acres and a grading contracting <br />business, not residential from the guy up the street who is a plumber with 30 acres and a separate barn that he <br />stores supplies in? <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: I would make the argument that the way the regulations are currently written that you don’t want <br />people going back and forth getting tools and supplies. <br /> <br />Lisa Stuckey: It doesn’t make sense. I struggle with this 3,000 square feet size accessory building and use. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Currently this ordinance is saying we don’t want construction things getting out of hand but we <br />are going to allow artists, lawyers and engineers. Those are what we want to have for home occupations. <br /> <br />Paul Guthrie: Isn’t it true that anybody existing will be grandfathered in under the law? <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: If you are doing it now, it is illegal. <br /> <br />Paul Guthrie: This is an anti-small business regulation. <br /> <br />Michael Harvey: I think that is a very gross misrepresentation of this regulation. <br /> <br />Craig Benedict: We are trying to balance what people expect in a neighborhood. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: It sounds like there are many people here who are saying these changes are good you are <br />questioning this broad restriction of construction practices. If anyone wants to write that up for the BOCC, we can <br />include that in the package to them. <br /> <br />Perdita Holtz: There are other options; people can apply for a zoning change for a conditional use district. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: Let us leave that to the hearing, to present that and other options. <br /> <br /> AGENDA ITEM 3: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) TEXT AMENDMENTS – AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT ENTERPRISES <br /> To continue review and comment upon proposed revisions to the UDO implement a program commonly <br />referred to “Agricultural Support Enterprises”. This topic was presented/discussed at the October ORC <br />meeting and Planning Board members felt further discussion would be helpful. <br /> Presenter: Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator <br /> Perdita Holtz: Reviewed presentation and distributed materials related to the Rural Buffer. <br /> <br />Tony Blake: What kind of use would Maple View Farms be under this? <br /> <br />Perdita Holtz: They may be considered a bona fide farm use but they also sell products from other farms so they <br />may be also considered a cooperative farm stand or community farmer’s market. <br /> <br />Pete Hallenbeck: You are looking for feedback on whether the red text, more intensive, should be removed from <br />the rural buffer and generally are the uses reasonable? <br /> <br />Perdita Holtz: Yes, but these pages only have to do with the rural buffer. <br />7