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