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issued the citation it was parked along very close to the highway, everybody driving along could
<br />see it. The application came in to move it to this low point that you couldn’t see from the
<br />highway. And then in order to shield it from the neighbors, whether they complained or not at
<br />the time, we do want it shielded. So there is this landscaping condition; and we will follow up
<br />and make sure that they implement, that he implements the landscaping condition. But just so
<br />everybody understands what we’re going to be considering as a junkyard and not a junkyard, he
<br />had this equipment.
<br />WATANABE: Commissioner Siracusa.
<br />SIRACUSA: There were a lot of items listed in the testifier’s comprehensive list other
<br />than those heavy equipment that was in the permit, pieces of pipe lying around and roofing tin,
<br />and all of those kinds of things. So I think we could expect that those are not part of the original
<br />permit that was approved and that we would be asking for piles of batteries, that sort of thing.
<br />YUEN: Right.
<br />SIRACUSA: And although, I just want to say one thing quickly, that it was mentioned
<br />that, yes, he has put in a concrete slab and that’s for changing oil, but there’s no guarantee that he
<br />is changing oil on the concrete slab. You know, so I still would like, I would feel more
<br />comfortable if the inspector went and looked and verified those things: Is he indeed changing his
<br />oil on the slab, or does he have a slab and he’s using it to put the building on but he’s changing
<br />the oil and it’s still going into the ground, that sort of thing.
<br />WATANABE: Yeah, that would be, if I may comment, that would be a violation that
<br />would be issued.
<br />SIRACUSA: That would be the sort of things I would want the inspector to look for.
<br />WATANABE: Yeah, and violation issues were something that we, I think, agreed upon. I
<br />think what the Director is also trying to point out, and he kind of alluded to this earlier, is that
<br />okay, look, the environment, the culture is changing, there are a lot of things usual and
<br />customary to farming that may not be quite as appealing. And that’s why I did indicate, you
<br />know, aesthetics is very personal and very subjective, and it’s difficult to police from that end.
<br />You know, if you’re going to police from an already established law that says, okay, you can’t
<br />store batteries here, he has to dispose of them properly and, you know, you can throw tires in a
<br />junkyard, and you can’t drop used oil into the ground, that makes sense. But, you know, to go
<br />beyond that I think the furthest we could go beyond that is that planting screen, which, again, I’ll
<br />indicate, is far more than we would typically require in an agriculturally zoned area.
<br />Ms. Siracusa.
<br />SIRACUSA: I am a farmer. I know how things can accumulate. Stuff breaks down and
<br />then you wait around to see if you can get somebody to fix it; and you have to depend on that
<br />guy’s schedule. And then it starts raining and then you have to wait some more, and things, you
<br />know, get rusty. And I understand how that happens. But this is obviously, looking from the
<br />photographs, he obviously has got years and years and years worth of procrastination that is
<br />lying on the ground. And there’s a limit to everything, you know, you get to a point where you
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