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58 <br /> 1 Vice-Chair McKee said it is set up on the use value. He said that if the HOA owns the <br /> 2 various open spaces, he believes they would all be considered under then and it would have to <br /> 3 be 10 acres or more and generate at least $1,000 in revenue. <br /> 4 Commissioner Greene said she is not willing to give up on the idea that this could be a <br /> 5 very interesting farm on the western end. She said that she wants the applicant and County <br /> 6 Attorney to come up with language for a condition that stipulates keeping that part of the land in <br /> 7 farm use and if it changes it would have to come back to the Board. She said that because it is <br /> 8 high-end residential, she does not see it becoming an annoying use. She said that the idea that <br /> 9 it could be a bona fide farm does not bother her. She said that there could be small farming <br /> 10 activities put into use. <br /> 11 Commissioner Richards said she is happier that there are 38 lots and there is an effort <br /> 12 with design to maintain the opportunity for open space and farming and it is a low-density project <br /> 13 that maintains a rural nature. She said that this could have easily been something else, but they <br /> 14 have taken the opportunity to encourage agriculture and that is what she can support. She said <br /> 15 she worries about dictating a future that the Board cannot control. She said she thinks that <br /> 16 encouraging that and working with the developer to incentivize that would be a good outcome. <br /> 17 She said that she is touched by the statement of the family that owns the property and their love <br /> 18 for the land. She said that her family owns 80 acres that her grandparents bought in Mississippi <br /> 19 at the beginning of the century, and they are holding on to that because of what it meant to them. <br /> 20 She said the family's investment in this project is what she gravitates to. <br /> 21 Commissioner Greene said she met with the developers and owners early on when they <br /> 22 were on board to have a working farm. <br /> 23 Chair Bedford said she did not favor the proposal and did not think there was majority <br /> 24 support. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 A motion was made by Chair Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Richards, to approve <br /> 27 the Statement of Consistency(Attachment 7)and Zoning Atlas Amendments (Attachment 8), with <br /> 28 the addition of the following condition: <br /> 29 <br /> 30 "The Applicant will minimize spillover and night sky elimination within the DOT right of way <br /> 31 to the extent permitted by the DOT". <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Commissioner Fowler said she hopes that the farm use continuance will be the case. <br /> 34 Vice Chair-McKee said that he does not like to wordsmith on the fly, but he understands <br /> 35 Commissioner Greene's concern. <br /> 36 Commissioner Greene said she appreciates the concern and if they were serious about <br /> 37 the wording they could move to postpone and have more discussion. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 VOTE: Ayes, 6 (Commissioner Portie-Ascott, Commissioner Hamilton, Commissioner <br /> 40 Fowler, Chair Bedford, Vice-Chair McKee, Commissioner Richards); Nays, 1 <br /> 41 (Commissioner Greene) <br /> 42 <br /> 43 MOTION PASSES <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Commissioner Fowler said in a previous meeting for a different matter, she was requested <br /> 46 to be specific about reasonableness when making a motion to deny a rezoning amendment. <br /> 47 Cy Stober said that if the Board wishes to vote to deny, there is always available to the <br /> 48 Board a reasonableness denial or a consistency denial. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 <br /> 51 <br />