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Approved 1/8/2014 <br /> <br />4 <br />Lisa Stuckey: If it is basically invisible to the neighbors, how much impact is that having on the neighbors? 160 <br /> 161 <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 162 <br />moving next to the airport and complaining about the planes. 163 <br /> 164 <br />Lisa Stuckey: On page 40, I would like to get rid of 2A, 3A and 6. I think it is very inappropriate. 165 <br /> 166 <br />Ashley Moncado: To be clear, this isn’t about the office space but the day to day operations they would be allowed 167 <br />to operate. 168 <br /> 169 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I think with number 2A4 that it shouldn’t be visible. Something should be added for visible impact. 170 <br /> 171 <br />Craig Benedict: There is a standard for normal storage for home occupations license which is 500 square feet. As 172 <br />long as that is screened, you are saying it is ok. 173 <br /> 174 <br />Herman Staats: I am still concerned about implementation. 175 <br /> 176 <br />Tony Blake: What is the definition of a business? 177 <br /> 178 <br />Craig Benedict: If someone is claiming it as a business, and they have to meet tax laws, then they should have a 179 <br />home occupation license. 180 <br /> 181 <br />Paul Guthrie: You just brought in all the telecommuters with that last phrase. 182 <br /> 183 <br />Tony Blake: The way people find out is if there is a complaint issue. 184 <br /> 185 <br />Perdita Holtz: Michael uses his discretion to find that out. 186 <br /> 187 <br />Michael Harvey: The goal of the UDO is not to stop Lucy Van Pelt from selling lemonade but allow reasonable use 188 <br />of property so that your reasonable use doesn’t impact your neighbors. If you have an incidental home occupation, 189 <br />selling a tree they cut down, does that activity rise to a level of business requiring the submitted of a home 190 <br />occupation permit application for review and approval? Not unless you do it every day. 191 <br /> 192 <br />Ashley Moncado: We can look into adding language regarding no visible disturbance impact. If that is included, 193 <br />would you see there would not be a need for landscaping and buffering or keep that intact? 194 <br /> 195 <br />Lisa Stuckey: I don’t know. To me that is a little bit of protection. 196 <br /> 197 <br />Ashley Moncado: If you exceed the setback standard, and you go beyond that you would not have provide 198 <br />landscaping. 199 <br /> 200 <br />Craig Benedict: There was also a lot size involved. 201 <br /> 202 <br />Paul Guthrie: How will you enforce this if it approved? 203 <br /> 204 <br />Craig Benedict: We are permitting this amount; we know there is this amount. By this ordinance, we are allowing 205 <br />this to happen or bringing more into compliance. We think we have resolved a lot of issues more than creating 206 <br />issues. The implementation, we are doing public outreach, we may do a phase in but it is not going to be a hard 207 <br />handed implementation because rural lifestyles are engrained. This will be a soft implementation. 208 <br /> 209 <br />Lisa Stuckey: You look this up, an accessory business use which is owned or operated. That is the definition. Is it 210 <br />helpful for you to have a more concrete definition or is that adequate? 211 <br /> 212