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8 378 Michael Harvey said that the issue that the neighbors of the cricket field are upset about is in regards to waste and bathroom 379 facilities - how is that being addressed during cricket games? Planning Staff is aware that there is a league that is advertising 380 the field for games on the property and is taking money from players that are joining the league’s membership. This is a 381 pending enforcement matter. He went on to say that the goal of the County is not to say that you cannot hold a pick-up 382 basketball game, a cricket game, or the like on your property, but when there is more of an organization component to the 383 activity, it has ancillary impacts, and people may need to go through a process. People coming over to play poker or pool at 384 someone’s house does not make the house a pool hall. There is a limit to which regulation should play. Mr. Harvey continued 385 his presentation. The next topic of discussion is Services and he read aloud the categories within. He highlighted the addition 386 of Religious Facility. This category is meant to be a catchall for all places of worship. Currently, “church” is the only category 387 defined, and over the years, members of the public and applicants have raised issue with not fitting into this category. What 388 about a synagogue or a mosque or an ashram? This is new category is an attempt to convey that the County does not 389 discriminate against religious facilities. Mr. Harvey focused next on Telecommunications. While this category has existing 390 language, there will be a wholesale modification of these standards next year. The next category of discussion was Temporary 391 Uses. He said that there has been some debate on the need for this category based on questions around legal sufficiency. 392 Planning Staff has been working with the County Attorney to address these questions. 393 394 David Blankfard asked about what constitutes “temporary.” 395 396 Michael Harvey answered that “temporary” is defined by standards in the UDO and in the Definitions section. For example, 397 you could have a yard sale once a month. The category of Buildings – Portable is usually in reference to initial storage for 398 construction. It is possible that Planning Staff may have to add another category to the Table referring to a temporary 399 residential unit (e.g. temporary mobile home or recreational vehicle) that can be stationed temporarily on your property while 400 you are doing construction on your house, though it must be removed within 90 days. The Temporary Fund Raising Activity is 401 permitted, providing that these activities do not exceed two days per month, though there is no definition of this in Definitions. 402 403 Paul Guthrie asked about an activity such as fundraising during the holiday season outside of the grocery store where 404 someone puts money into a basket. 405 406 Michael Harvey responded that that activity would count in this category, as would selling Christmas Trees if it is a fundraising 407 activity versus retail. In Mr. Harvey’s opinion, the Girl Scouts selling cookies is retail not fund raising. Mr. Harvey moved on 408 with the presentation and addressed the land use category of Utilities in the Table. He said that Planning Staff is not proposing 409 any major changes in this category or in Waste Management that the UDO has not already covered. In regards to the 410 category of Wholesale Trade, Staff thinks that this category captures everything already listed. In Miscellaneous, uses that 411 have been deleted have been moved to the appropriate category within the Table. He noted that Staff is still not touching 412 airports but that Staff is reviewing Rural Special Events. 413 414 Paul Guthrie asked about the significance of the exclamation point symbol noted after the land use in the Table of Permitted 415 Uses, as shown after S.T.O.L. within the Airport land use category. 416 417 Michael Harvey answered that the exclamation point is meant to inform the reader of development criteria associated with the 418 land use. 419 420 Tony Blake asked about how much affect Planning Staff has over research, development and manufacturing of firearms. Can 421 Staff prohibit that? 422 423 Michael Harvey answered that missiles manufacturing is prohibited. 424 425 Tony Blake gave the example of two of his neighbors making large fireworks. They also have A.T.F. Class III magazines on 426 their property. 427 428 Michael Harvey asked if this activity happens on their residence. 429 430 Tony Blake answered yes. 431 130