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November 20, 2012 Page 3 (2) Agricultural tourism activities shall not commence prior to 8:00 a.m. or continue past 6:00 p.m. daily; (3) A minor agricultural tourism operation shall have a maximum of three hundred fifty visitors per week for a total not to exceed fifteen thousand visitors annually that access the activity via passenger vehicles that carry no more than fifteen people per vehicle[;]. Minor agricultural tourism operations may hold one event per calendar year that may be attended by up to, but no more than,three hundred fifty visitors on a single day; (4) All visitor and employee parking,designated loading/unloading, designated American with Disability Act parking, and vehicular turn- around areas shall be located off-street with the exception of farm market/on farm market/roadside stands; (5) Gross revenues from agricultural tourism shall: (A) Not exceed fifty percent of the gross revenues of the associated agricultural activity and/or agricultural products processing facility, including revenues from adjacent parcels under the same ownership. Exceptions to this requirement may be offered by the Planning Director if: (i) The gross agricultural products/processing income is less than fifty percent of the total income,the applicant must demonstrate to the director's satisfaction that the loss in gross revenues for the associated agricultural activity and/or agricultural products processing facility was due to unforeseen environmental or economic conditions that did not occur for more than two consecutive years; or (ii) Sufficient investment is made in a new agricultural activity or agricultural products processing facility so a reasonable projection of that operation's gross revenues from agricultural tourism will not exceed fifty percent of gross revenues;.and