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58 <br /> 6. alto w agrieft1l ire comm (Wits► to 6peft burn 0121y a specific ifed) acreage per year. <br /> �es�r'tpai0� <br /> This ralternativeassumes the agrieWfure community, through fhe ordbiance could be allowed to <br /> open burst a very limited amount of acreage perliear, perhaps through a special parrnitting process, <br /> that cotdd also conlaiN other rondiHons such as time of day, prevailing dlrerHom ' andspeed of wired, <br /> Key L� uev , <br /> + Country A ftorn ey woWd leave to evaluate whether- this type arranWement would be (a wful. <br /> + Would alloLv open 1_ruming to on at ilary limited, eon"Ilea way. <br /> + Would addrasr the BOCCinterest ir1 !im i tang nc �: lrnpact of the proh lbidon of open hurnin,g on <br /> the agr aculfure community; <br /> i Would be necessary to develop m. *a for dtitermining 2 legirimate a gyiculture ' ��se. <br /> + Perm ;'; 1a'g auxhargy would have to be idenJifled, l , e, Etnerg-ency wanagemEnt, Solid iVaste , <br /> Cooperative 1rteras10n, anVirvnmens and Re ours y Conver,y alion, etc, <br /> # Inconsiseent with BOCC interest in prohib3tinZ open burning. <br /> C041 ; <br /> + virtually no nav ca, t harden for the agriculture ca tunny. <br /> * Wb uld requiry no additional eq u;pment or new operations Pr the Solid Waste Manag-emeti t <br /> Deparlment, asidefram .svmu level ofparraitting <br /> Are options available to sabsidize msts associated w1th alternatives to open burning wlthk the <br /> agriculture community ? ; <br /> Should the Board choose to ukilirc the Solid Waste Management fund to pay for •tbe recycling of <br /> 1andcleanng debris Eom private property v+riti►in Orange Count, the County Attorney believes if <br /> would be able to do so . Bowcvtr . This st�vice could not be limitod � the agriculture community but <br /> would need to also be made available too the development community. If the Board wishes to make <br /> the service srivailable 4o only the agriculture community we believe it nmy be able to do so, however <br /> the servico must be subsidized by ran- Solid Wwste Muriagument lvding or the Solid Waste <br /> Management Fund rnust ho reimbursed for expenses related to promote or prmrving <br /> agriculture/economic development. <br /> Ci u Ed th a " use value" tax designation be utilized in considering $p ecgl accomm odations for <br /> agriculture burning . <br /> in oMer to vmf�' t1im a poteitial site is subjeut to an aipcullure related subsidy of spomal stryie• e, <br /> some method must be developed to verif}F that such a site is legitimately in vol stod in agriculture . It <br /> haz been sugyacrited that the agriculture ` Luse mx" designation oould serve this purpose , Tho " Ilse <br /> tax " desi �mation was developed in the 1970 ' a to protcct ogr� cullore Ia nd from i�tcraasi� g tax <br /> burdens. Property of a mi= uin 10 acreS in Size used in pasture or uu dcr active caltiTmuon Is <br /> eligible. <br /> 10 <br />