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reasonable in such districts, the legislature has provided for the Special Permit process to <br /> allow certain unusual and reasonable uses within the Agricultural district. The subject <br /> property is 1.001 acres in size and situated within the County's Agricultural-1 acre (A-la) <br /> zoned district. The applicant currently resides in the existing single-family dwelling on the <br /> subject property and the proposed three-bedroom bed and breakfast will operate within the <br /> existing dwelling's footprint. As previously noted,the applicant will maintain agricultural <br /> uses on the property,including existing fruit tree cultivation. Given the above,the proposed <br /> bed and breakfast will not diminish the potential for any future agricultural activity on the <br /> subject property. <br /> Based on the preceding,the subject request is considered an unusual and reasonable <br /> use of the agricultural land. <br /> In addition to the above listed criteria,the Planning Commission shall also consider <br /> the criteria listed under Section 6-3(b)(5) (A) through (G). In considering the criteria, the <br /> Planning Director recommends the following: <br /> (A) Such use shall not be contrary to the objectives sought to be <br /> accomplished by the Land Use Law and Regulations. The subject request is considered <br /> an unusual and reasonable use of the agricultural land and the proposed use will not <br /> adversely affect the preservation and agricultural use of the County's prime agricultural <br /> lands. <br /> (B) The desired use shall not adversely affect the surrounding properties. <br /> Adjacent properties to the north of the subject property are zoned Agricultural 5-acres <br /> (A-5a) and are used for agricultural and residential purposes. All other surrounding <br /> properties are zoned Agricultural 1-acre (A-la) and consist primarily of residential uses <br /> and undeveloped land. Bed and breakfast operations are by definition accessory to a single- <br /> family dwelling use and thus should not have any more impact than that of the existing <br /> dwelling. Furthermore, the applicant has been operating a hosted vacation rental for some <br /> time and the Planning Department has no record of complaints or issues from its operation <br /> nor has the Department received any opposition testimony from the public at the time of <br /> this writing. There will be no employees other than the applicant, or their designated <br /> representative in their absence, associated with the bed and breakfast operation. Based on <br /> -3- <br />