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5 � 4 performing on- site IZ mdang of materials What is the estimated amount of land clemd on an snanal basis for agriculture activities ? According to the Cooperative E?ttonsion offico, the best available estimates indicate $gout 75 acres; }rear are cleared ibr a ' culture related uses. It is believed that lancicicaring activitiesVOWd occur in the tuip -of 3 -5 acres per clearing event IIow could the ordinance be Modified to make specific accommodation to the agrieuLtuire cammunit `` According, to the County Attorney , any prohibition of burning of latidolesring debris utilizing this ordinance must oxaply ' cq ctally to the agriculture cornmum ty and those other sectors , primarily the development community. The County Attorney ' s opinion is that the ordinance could not be rn �lificd as to provide preferential treatment to a specific sector of the oommunity . Therefore , the board could praccod to Prohibit gill burning of landclowiiS dchrris, regardless of its origin . Altemativcly, the Board could proceed with an ordimmce that does grant praferendal trea=mt to the agriculture communty, un (11 such a time as the ordinance is successfully ohaltcnged through lit� atiom , �Fe undersMid that it would be possiblo to approach the issue of prohibiting humiaig from another perspective. The agriculture community could possiblyanhieve their goal of avoiding the prohibition of a MCLJture related burning by lobbying the legislature flop the elinamdon Of the division to Orange Cou.rrty relating to the split legislative precinctg, which if sucocssfu [, would allow Orange County to advance its interest ' contioiling open burro through Utilization of the Development Ordinance , This would achieve the BOCC 's goal of prohibiting development related burning , while at the satuc time not reguhA* legilltriaTc agriculture landclearing activitkos . �1V11i1e state law would allow such a de'vol opment ordinance related rftethod of rrgul;u ag open burning , tJl e split precincts provide a legal impediment to the County proceeding in th is Manners The ordinance could also he comtructcd av as to define the prohibition of open b urniin g so as not to include air curtain burning , Sped is conditions could be included is the ordinance for this t)rpc Of binning to restrict its use, including a reguirem+ent of air curtain burning pe aiits . Howcv r , consistent with tfthc attorney ' s pre�dom opinion, the air curtain bunting option would therm likely be available to both the agriculture anal non - agnoulriurc community equall % . Farther reTv2nv by the Attorney is nacesury to detcTmine whether `pair curtain " burning mould somebow be available exclusively to the agriculture CaTlnmuniLy. A more thorough discussion of tir curtain burning, including a detailed description of this inning methodology, an evaluation of the process and volume tcducti on cap abilities, and a brief discussion of rcl &tcd pub lic health and fue safety 18S311122, i-g included in n 5 of the Next section. What alternatives to open burning wald be made available to the agneulture Cowin unity should the BOCC proceed to 'Frubilyit open burning of all landclearing dehris ? 1 . Pash the -cleared inaf Ws Into a pile pr wMAvw v1sewhere on the property and kt M6 material decoMpose. 2