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10 impact and all provide essentially the same service. Staff does not want to distinguish between an assisted and a Medicare 485 facility as they are both providing a necessary service. In response to this, a County Commissioner has asked if Planning is 486 trying to encourage this type of service in rural areas of the County. Mr. Harvey’s recommendation is no; it needs to be 487 encouraged in areas of the County that have the facilities to support it, specifically water and sewer services. It can be 488 problematic to have a Carolina Meadows-style facility in a rural area where there are no facilities (Carolina Meadows has its 489 own water and sewer) and where there may not be water and sewer for a very long time, especially in consideration of areas 490 in the Rural Buffer. 491 492 Kim Piracci asked about recreation activities such as live music, which she noticed is not specifically listed. She worried that if 493 something like live music is not listed, it is prohibited. 494 495 Michael Harvey answered that live music is detailed in the Article 5 and that he will email her the provisions. Regulatory 496 standards deal with hours of operation, setbacks and other standards. The Sheriff’s Office deals with noise complaints. 497 498 Randy Marshall asked if Recreational Uses Not Listed Herein is a catchall. 499 500 Michael Harvey answered that the land use will be going away. In response to general comments from Committee members 501 on various recreational activities like rollerblading, motorcross, race track and such, Mr. Harvey responded that with the global 502 category Recreational Facilities spells out a myriad of activities. If someone straps on a pair of rollerblades and skates in a 503 park, this is not a regulated activity, whereas proposing to build a skating rink is a regulated activity. The Recreational Facility 504 is the ultimate catchall and it was recently revised two years ago. 505 506 Paul Guthrie brought-up the example of the cricket field off of Old Greensboro Road on someone’s property, holding games 507 on the weekend. 508 509 Michael Harvey said that the issue that the neighbors of the cricket field are upset about is in regards to waste and bathroom 510 facilities - how is that being addressed during cricket games? Planning Staff is aware that there is a league that is advertising 511 the field for games on the property and is taking money from players that are joining the league’s membership. This is a 512 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 513 basketball game, a cricket game, or the like on your property, but when there is more of an organization component to the 514 activity, it has ancillary impacts, and people may need to go through a process. People coming over to play poker or pool at 515 someone’s house does not make the house a pool hall. There is a limit to which regulation should play. Mr. Harvey continued 516 his presentation. The next topic of discussion is Services and he read aloud the categories within. He highlighted the addition 517 of Religious Facility. This category is meant to be a catchall for all places of worship. Currently, “church” is the only category 518 defined, and over the years, members of the public and applicants have raised issue with not fitting into this category. What 519 about a synagogue or a mosque or an ashram? This is new category is an attempt to convey that the County does not 520 discriminate against religious facilities. Mr. Harvey focused next on Telecommunications. While this category has existing 521 language, there will be a wholesale modification of these standards next year. The next category of discussion was Temporary 522 Uses. He said that there has been some debate on the need for this category based on questions around legal sufficiency. 523 Planning Staff has been working with the County Attorney to address these questions. 524 525 David Blankfard asked about what constitutes “temporary.” 526 527 Michael Harvey answered that “temporary” is defined by standards in the UDO and in the Definitions section. For example, 528 you could have a yard sale once a month. The category of Buildings – Portable is usually in reference to initial storage for 529 construction. It is possible that Planning Staff may have to add another category to the Table referring to a temporary 530 residential unit (e.g. temporary mobile home or recreational vehicle) that can be stationed temporarily on your property while 531 you are doing construction on your house, though it must be removed within 90 days. The Temporary Fund Raising Activity is 532 permitted, providing that these activities do not exceed two days per month, though there is no definition of this in Definitions. 533 534 Paul Guthrie asked about an activity such as fundraising during the holiday season outside of the grocery store where 535 someone puts money into a basket. 536 537