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D R A F T <br />4 <br /> 162 <br />Tony Blake: We are allowing some of these subdivisions to come in and they are next to a farm, it’s like the guy 163 <br />moving next to the airport and complaining about the planes. 164 <br /> 165 <br />Lisa Stuckey: On page 40, I would like to get rid of 2A, 3A and 6. I think it is very inappropriate. 166 <br /> 167 <br />Ashley Moncado: To be clear, this isn’t about the office space but the day to day operations they would be allowed 168 <br />to operate. 169 <br /> 170 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I think with number 2A4 that it shouldn’t be visible. Something should be added for visible impact. 171 <br /> 172 <br />Craig Benedict: There is a standard for normal storage for home occupations license which is 500 square feet. As 173 <br />long as that is screened, you are saying it is ok. 174 <br /> 175 <br />Herman Staats: I am still concerned about implementation. 176 <br /> 177 <br />Tony Blake: What is the definition of a business? 178 <br /> 179 <br />Craig Benedict: If someone is claiming it as a business, and they have to meet tax laws, then they should have a 180 <br />home occupation license. 181 <br /> 182 <br />Paul Guthrie: You just brought in all the telecommuters with that last phrase. 183 <br /> 184 <br />Tony Blake: The way people find out is if there is a complaint issue. 185 <br /> 186 <br />Perdita Holtz: Michael uses his discretion to find that out. 187 <br /> 188 <br />Michael Harvey: The goal of the UDO is not to stop Lucy Van Pelt from selling lemonade but allow reasonable use 189 <br />of property so that your reasonable use doesn’t impact your neighbors. If you have an incidental home occupation, 190 <br />selling a tree they cut down, does that activity rise to a level of business requiring the submitted of a home 191 <br />occupation permit application for review and approval? Not unless you do it every day. 192 <br /> 193 <br />Ashley Moncado: We can look into adding language regarding no visible disturbance impact. If that is included, 194 <br />would you see there would not be a need for landscaping and buffering or keep that intact? 195 <br /> 196 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I don’t know. To me that is a little bit of protection. 197 <br /> 198 <br />Ashley Moncado: If you exceed the setback standard, and you go beyond that you would not have provide 199 <br />landscaping. 200 <br /> 201 <br />Craig Benedict: There was also a lot size involved. 202 <br /> 203 <br />Paul Guthrie: How will you enforce this if it approved? 204 <br /> 205 <br />Craig Benedict: We are permitting this amount; we know there is this amount. By this ordinance, we are allowing 206 <br />this to happen or bringing more into compliance. We think we have resolved a lot of issues more than creating 207 <br />issues. The implementation, we are doing public outreach, we may do a phase in but it is not going to be a hard 208 <br />handed implementation because rural lifestyles are engrained. This will be a soft implementation. 209 <br /> 210 <br />Lisa Stuckey: You look this up, an accessory business use which is owned or operated. That is the definition. Is it 211 <br />helpful for you to have a more concrete definition or is that adequate? 212 <br /> 213 <br />Craig Benedict: We like to be as specific as possible. 214 <br /> 215 <br />8