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<br />12 <br />Paul Guthrie said that in the university community, there are a large number of rentals of university faculty’s homes while 591 <br />faculty is on sabbatical or and other such cases. 592 <br /> 593 <br />Tony Blake said that an Airbnb in the County is likely not competing with a hotel in town. There could be an issue with noise. 594 <br /> 595 <br />Michael Harvey answered that there is the perceived issue and the real issue; the real issue is noise or traffic or whatnot . The 596 <br />perceived issue is “I don’t like it.” Mr. Harvey then summarized the follow-up work he would be doing for the Committee and 597 <br />since revised drafts will be coming out soon, he encouraged members to contact him with any additional questions. The 598 <br />Planning Board will be looking at this in August to make a recommendation to the elected officials. 599 <br /> 600 <br />Tony Blake asked if the hours would be the same and consistent for Rural Special Events. 601 <br /> 602 <br />Michael Harvey replied that hours would not necessarily be the same. Some theaters are only allowed in commercial districts. 603 <br />Planning Staff bases hours of operation for an event on whether it will be adjacent to residential land uses or residential 604 <br />zoning. If an event is going to be in the middle of an Economic Development District, is there a reason to have a 10 o’clock 605 <br />curfew? 606 <br /> 607 <br />Tony Blake called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Kim Piracci made the motion. Paul Guthrie seconded the motion. 608 <br />ORC meeting was adjourned by consensus 609 <br /> 610 <br /> 611 <br /> 612 <br /> ___________________________________ 613 <br /> Lydia Wegman, Chair 614