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Approved 4/3/19 <br /> 335 <br />Michael Harvey responded this would be the rental of a house as a single-family residence. He then mentioned the 336 <br />facts table provided in the packet. He commented that the goal was not to prevent the rental of housing for use as 337 <br />housing. The goal would be to prevent the conversion of a residence into a mini hotel in an established neighborhood. 338 <br /> 339 <br />Michael Harvey continued on the amendments and guided the board to pages 83, 84, 99 and explained those to be 340 <br />just formatting updates. He stated page 100 to be the move of retreat center standards to eliminating retreat as a 341 <br />camp and explained that page 104 deals with theater as it gets moved to assembly. Mr. Harvey stated that page 145 342 <br />describes the assembly uses; the general use standard, setback standards, the size limitations. Then, he moved to 343 <br />page 153 to touch on the retreat center standards in terms of submittal and SUP requirements and explained that the 344 <br />new section 5.18.4. concerning rural special events was not changed. The term theater had now been added, since it 345 <br />was moved from recreation. 346 <br /> 347 <br />Lydia Wegman asked Mr. Harvey if retreat center remained the same. Mr. Harvey replied, yes, but stated with one 348 <br />notable exception; the deletion of camp sites. In the standards of evaluation for both, he stated there was a standard 349 <br />of evaluation involving a site plan requirement which is why it was moved to submittal requirements for both camp and 350 <br />retreat. Mr. Harvey also conveyed that the subdivision provisions for special use permits and telecommunications 351 <br />regulations would probably be gutted as they are redundant. 352 <br /> 353 <br />Lydia Wegman sought clarification on why Mr. Harvey thought they were superfluous and asked if they were covered 354 <br />elsewhere. Mr. Harvey confirmed they were in three different sections. 355 <br /> 356 <br />Michael Harvey guided the board to page 174 and informed them that he definition of assembly use had been altered. 357 <br />He explained that since assembly has been split out and retreat center has been moved to assembly land uses, it 358 <br />would no longer be needed. 359 <br /> 360 <br />Craig Benedict questioned where wedding fits into assembly uses. Mr. Harvey replied, retreat center. 361 <br /> 362 <br />Craig Benedict commented that if weddings are retreat centers, then they needed to be in more commercial area 363 <br />locations so people can have a wedding in some sort of hall. Michael Harvey remarked that the board could make 364 <br />that recommendation. He responded to Mr. Benedict and stated he had never heard this comment from him before. 365 <br />Craig replied that it had been covered by the whole assembly uses except as listed below and stated it was permitted 366 <br />in multiple areas. 367 <br /> 368 <br />Lydia Wegman questioned whether there was anything specific about wedding venues anymore. Michael Harvey, 369 <br />replied, no, and said it was all covered under the retreat center concept. 370 <br /> 371 <br />Michael Harvey said that club or lodge, was amended as relayed earlier, as was community center. He moved to page 372 <br />182 involving family care facilities and read the recommended definition. He stated that upon further consideration, the 373 <br />County Attorney decided the language should say as defined as under state statute. 374 <br /> 375 <br />Lydia Wegman questioned if that was the definition. Mr. Harvey replied, yes, and informed them that the new 376 <br />definition would now read as a facility which meets the definition of a family care home and North Carolina General 377 <br />Statute 168. Ms. Wegman inquired if state law already says this, whereas Mr. Harvey agreed. 378 <br /> 379 <br />Michael Harvey informed the board that they had already seen the definitions for group care and group facility/group 380 <br />home. He continued on to page 197 and 198 which he pointed out was the area where the place of worship definition 381 <br />that had been added. On page 199, Mr. Harvey explained a typo in the term recreation vehicle. He then spoke on the 382 <br />modifications listed on page 202 involving retreat centers and then moved to the rooming house definition previously 383 <br />discussed. On page 204, Mr. Harvey mentioned the modifications to the reference of the North Carolina Department of 384 <br />Public Instruction formerly the North Carolina Department of Education. He then proceeded to the short term rental 385 <br />and explained his reasoning for deleting the umbrella definition he had previous created. Mr. Harvey then guided the 386 <br />board to the topic of vet clinic on page 210. 387 <br /> 388 <br />Patricia Roberts asked why it would matter if the dog or cat stayed overnight. Michael Harvey answered that it would 389 <br />depend on where it is permitted in terms of what could be the ancillary impacts to adjacent property owners. 390