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3 1 There were no ques#iuons Pram Planning Board members. 2 3 John Link made reference to page 10 and comparing the old with the new procedure and asked 4 about the BOCC work session. Craig Benedict said that each item would be presented at a work 5 session before beginning the process of public input. John Link feels it is a goody idea. However, 6 typically work session agendas are full. He wonders if this is workable. 7 Craig Benedict clarified that the notice of the public hearing,would follow th® item being introduced 8 at a work session. He wanits, in same way, to notify the County Commissioners thhat the process has 9 begun on a specific item of issue. In ~ A motion was made qy Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner cordon to refer item I I C-1-a to the Planning Boarp for a recommendation to be retumed to the Board ofi Commissioners nv I2 sooner than June 29, 20001 I3 VOTE: UNANIMOUS I4 15 b. Section 4.2;12 Existing Commercial - V (EC-5) 1s Craig Benedict explained that there were 113 separate existing co~nmercia(uses, known I7 as EC-5. The Planning staff is suggesting that under extreme circumstances, small existing commercial is parcels, less than one acre; would be able to shift from one lot to an adjacent one.. This would be 19 allowed under a list of ten Criteria. The criteria are listed in the agenda. This would allow for the zo continuation of the commercial use in the future. Any change in the operation would have to meet new zt standards. He made reference to the criteria and said that if an EC-5 district is wiped off the map, zz reduced, or becomes non-functional based an some sort of right-of-way t2king that is in excess of what 23 is required by the comprehensive plan, the property owner would net be able to p;wrchase other land. 24 z5 ClUESTIONS FROM COunirr C[~MMICe~nti~QC no n~ s~i~us~~ ~,~„-~........»:..__ z6 Commissioner Gordom made reference to page 12, item "C~ that reads, "F~cisting district shall be z7 eliminated and retumed to fhe zoning of sun'ounding land. If the old district is adjacent to mare than 28 one district, the tract shall kaie retumed to the lower use category." She asked for further explanation. z9 Craig Benedict said that it means that if a portion of the district is made non-functional and they will lose 3o the rights they have of a portion of the land, that porEian of the land would have to revert back to the 3 i use designation of the adjacent property. Craig Benedict said that this language uvould be reworded- 3z Commissioner Gordan asked about item "D" on the same page and asked u~hy expansion would 33 be allowed. Craig Benedicti said that this was in response to a cvncem to encourage the property 34 owners to redo their building and this would provide an incentive far their pot®ntia~i conversion and 35 adherence to the strict regulations. 36 Commissioner Gordan suggested using an additional square footage allowance as an Incentive. 37 She asked if the EC-5 was allowed by right ar by condemnation and how it would jbe decided if the land 3s was condemned whether as not there was an impact on adjacent properties. Craig Benedict said that 39 the process far EC-5 is than if the property owner wants tv change the zoning dist~ct by purchas"rng ao additional property that notification would be given to the neighbors and the County Commissioners 41 would approve through the regular rezoning process. 42 Commissioner Brown asked of the 173 EG5 uses how many were operatlornal and Craig Benedict 43 did not know. He has received complaints on quite a few of these properties. a.4 Karen Barrows said that it feels that something has happened to bring this item forward. Craig 45 Benedict said that the best Wray to address a regulatory change is to address it cor'~prehensively 46 instead of doing it for one or two people who have requested that this be reviewed for changes. He 47 said that he has received requests from same of the owners of EC-5 properties to;~e~cpand or change as their business in same way.: He said that right now there were not enough regulat~ns in the code to 49 direct what the future building should look like. He hopes to have some standardsfor some 50 Consistency. sl Karen Barrows clarified that Craig Benedict has received same inquiries from businesses and also s2 some. complaints from citizens and Graig Benedict verified this.