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to not sign as she could have done as vice chair. She summed up her argument by saying that it would be 195 error indeed for the Board of Adjustmentto refuse to issue the subpoenasbecause it would render her 196 party unable to present a case to the board or to make an offer of proof to this board. If the boardrefuses, a 197 higher court would likely say let’s see what an offer of proof would have been, she said.She asked that the 198 board issue the subpoenas and that the subpoenas require that the information be submitted before the 199 next hearing andthat the persons listed are presenttoanswer questions.200 201 Andy Petesch,of the Wake CountyBar, addressed the board and said he was here on behalf of Kara 202 Brewerand the actual property owner now, which is Wild Flora Farm LLC. He said therewas a merger 203 between Wild Flora Farm LLC and Southeast Property Group in February of this year. He passed out 204 documents with that information. 205 206 Randy Herman asked if LeAnnBrown had been provided a copy.207 208 LeAnn Brown answered she was receiving that information just now. 209 210 Andy Peteschgave documentation to the boardand offered itinto the record and clarified that now Wild 211 Flora Farm LLC owns the property.212 213 Andy Peteschsaid this is not a complicated decision. There is not a need for this potentially vast amount of 214 documents that are being requested. The letter submitted on October 12, 2017, on behalf of SPG/Wild 215 Flora/Kara Brewer included the exemption certificate, which is located on Page 11 of the agenda packet;a216 deed at the time, which was owned by SPG LLC/Southeast Property Group and now by operation of law 217 owned by Wild Flora Farm LLC; an annual report by SPG showing KaraBrewer as the loan member; and a 218 certificate of assumed name at the timewhile SPG and Wild Flora Farm were working on that merger, 219 (SPG operatedunder the pseudonym Wild Flora Farm). 220 221 Andy Petesch said what is agritourismand abonafide farm was the subject of a lot of debate and was the 222 subject of several public hearingsbefore this board.And as the Board of Adjustment has already heard, in 223 July 2017, theGeneral Assembly tried toclarify that and they created a very straightforward compliance 224 under the statute for a bona fide farm to conduct agritourism in a structure or building on a farm under 225 N.C.G.S. 153(A)-340(b) (2a), located at the end of the agenda packet. This statute describes agritourism, 226 which includes weddings and special events, and states that a building or structure used for agritourism isa227 bonafide farm activity if the building or structure is located on property that is owned by a person who holds 228 a qualifying sales tax exemption certificate. The same person or entity who owns the certificate also needs 229 to own the property. In some cases that may be a straightforward Joe Smithowns a property and holds a 230 certificate, but many farms havedifferent entitiesfor different aspects of their operations. That’s where231 Southeast Property Group, Wild Flora Farm, KaraBrewerhad to resolve some of those inconsistencies.232 That has been brought into alignment and those documents have been presented to MichaelHarvey.233 That’s all there is to this case, Andy Petesch said. As this point, Wild Flora Farm and KaraBrewer hold the 234 certificate. Wild Flora Farm ownsthe property. There is noneed to go into all these other document 235 requests, which is burdensome.236 237 Andy Petesch said LeAnn Brown focused on “relevant” underthe requirement ofN.C.G.S. §160A-388(g), 238 but “reasonable in nature and scope” is also part of the requirement. Requesting to go behind these 239 documents to look at personal, confidential financialinformation, tax records, and wantingto dig through 240 that looking for some issue to continue the fight against this property isan overreach at this point, he said.241 MichaelHarvey had those documentsand this board hasall the powers that he has. This board needs to242 stand in his shoes andlook at all this information fresh and determine whether this meets the statute. This 243 21