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activity actually entails, staff would have a better understanding of what is or is not a violation. The current Ordinance interpretation would mandate that the storage of just one (1) item outdoors is a violation. While staff has no problem utilizing common sense in this instance to avoid unnecessazy citations on local property owner, the definition should be amended to specify a violation. It is not uncommon for people of limited means to have various items stored on their property for future use.. As with ,junked vehicles, many citizens residing in rural areas do not see this situation as an eyesore or a problem that has to be corrected by the County.. For many residents this is simply a practical way of life and al] pazt of the rural character of the County as well as an economic issue where property owners elect to store various items on their parcel of property for future personal use. Staff contends that storage of materials outdoors on residential lots should be limited but believes there still needs to be a formal definition or explanation of what outdoor storage is considered to be in order to eliminate unnecessary enforcement actions. 3. Illegal Dumping and Landfilling: A Landfill is defined in Article Twenty-two (22) as: A site within which is deposited solid waste rnaterzal, includi~:g trash, construction debris, stumps, branches and limbs, garbage, arad industrial waste. It should be remembered that debris does not have to be buried to constitute a landfilh The mere dumping of debris creates a landfill outlined within our existing definition section of the Zoning Ordinance, Landfills are only permitted in the RB Rural Suffer, AR Agricultural Residential, R-1 Rural Residential, I-1 Industrial Light Industrial, I-2 Medium Industrial, I-.3 Heavy Industrial, and AS Agricultural Service Zoning Districts with the issuance of a Special Use Permit, Class A or a Special Use Permit Class B for sites wider two (2) acres in area. a. OCCURANCE OF VIOLATION: This is the third most common complaint issued to the Planning Department. Over the past year, complaint frequency has increased in part due to the ban on burning land clearing waste associated with new development. Complaints aze usually received from neighbors or from another Cowrty Department such as Solid Waste or Erosion Control.. In many cases the violators are commercial haulers that are looking for a cheap alternative to a regulated landfill.. b. IMPACT OF VIOLATION: Potentially, this violation can be very injurious to the general health, safety, and welfaze if not properly regulated and also depending on what materials are buried illegally and how close the materials are located to water tables, streams, and adjacent properties. This violation can also be visually and audibly offensive to neighbors and surrounding development. There have been cases of fire in extreme heat and drought conditions.