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• Less intensive uses added to the Table of Permitted Uses as permitted outright <br />• Subject to use-specific and general development standards <br />• Community Agricultural Processing Facility <br />• Community Farmers Market <br />• Cooperative Farm Stand <br />• Community Meat Processing Facility <br />• Non-Farm Use of Farm Equipment <br />• Rural Special Events <br />• Staff approval <br />• More intensive uses must be permitted through either the Special Use Permit process or <br />rezoned as an ASE-CZ <br />• Class B Special Use Permit <br />• Microbrewery with Minor Events <br />• Winery with Minor Events <br />• Microbrewery, Production Only <br />• Winery, Production Only <br />• Rural Heritage Museum <br />• Special Use Permits are “quasi-judicial” proceedings <br />• Public Hearing <br />• Decided on a case-by-case basis with public input (“evidence”) <br /> <br />Conditional Zoning District (ASE-CZ) <br />Some of the more intensive uses that can be applied for as an ASE-CZ could not be applied for <br />in the Rural Buffer <br />• Composting Operation with grinding <br />• Regional Meat Processing Facility <br />• Stockyards/Livestock Markets <br />• Sawmills <br />• Both Agricultural Preservation Board and Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee <br />agree on removing these uses from consideration in the Rural Buffer <br /> <br />Conditional Zoning District (ASE-CZ) <br />• Conditional zoning districts allow projects to be considered on a case-by-case, site- <br />specific basis <br />• Rezoning (legislative process) with public hearing <br />• Acknowledges that there are places where a specific type of use may be appropriate <br />whereas it would not be in a different site-specific situation <br />• BOCC has final decision on whether a proposed use(s) is compatible with <br />surrounding uses <br />• Mutually agreed upon conditions can be imposed as part of the approval process <br />• Allows tailoring of project to a specific site <br />• Table of Permitted Uses lists the types of uses that can be applied for as an ASE-CZ <br /> <br />JPA Review <br />November 21, 2013 Assembly of Governments meeting to discuss with elected officials <br />Amendment Package sent to JPA partners on January 17, 2014 <br />• To date, no comments have been received <br /> <br />Public Notification <br />• Completed in accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO <br /> Newspaper legal ads for 2 successive weeks <br />255