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ZCV-2021-015E - Unpermitted Commercial Rental Business / Base Yard within the <br /> Agricultural Zoned District <br /> 2. <br /> PL- PCV- 2023- 00567 - Unpermitted Event( Falls of Fire) and Overnight <br /> Accommodations <br /> 3. <br /> PL-PCV-2023-000567 - NOV & Order Revised Repeated Violation (Falls of Fire) <br /> Of these, the last 2 are still open/unresolved and before the Board of Appeals (BOA). <br /> However, The BOA recently voted to dismiss the appeal for the 2023 Falls on Fire event. <br /> The 2024 event took place despite several warnings from the County Planning Dept. not to <br /> do so. <br /> This Special Permit application is therefore an attempt to legitimize the previous and <br /> existing uses. <br /> Although our property is located outside of the legal 500' notification zone for Special <br /> Permit applications, we believe our property is the most impacted by these proposed uses <br /> due to containing the longest section of road located between the subject property and the <br /> main public road (H-19). It also is the only property containing a permitted dwelling that is <br /> located along this section of Indian Tree Road. In addition to numerous safety, security, <br /> liability and loss of property value concerns, we strongly believe that the proposed uses are <br /> neither reasonable use of prime agricultural land nor in keeping with the character of our <br /> farming community. We are therefore asking for denial of this application in its entirety. This <br /> request is based on the following findings of fact: <br /> 1. <br /> The applicant has repeatedly defied the County's orders not hold the "Falls on Flre" <br /> events and therefore is likely to ignore the Special Permit conditions. <br /> 2. <br /> The Special Permit application is unusual in that it requests a permit for two <br /> completely different and unrelated uses - An annual 4-day long festival and a daily <br /> commercial heavy equipment base yard. We are of the opinion that each use should <br /> have its own dedicated application. <br /> 3. <br /> The size of each of the previous 2 unauthorized events were -2x larger than <br /> anticipated based on the number of attendees and traffic. The most recent event <br /> appeared to have a significant number of "gatecrashers" that were allowed to <br /> participate. Also non-camping day visitors were also allowed in. With the increased <br /> publicity surrounding the event, I question the organizer's ability to properly manage <br /> the event. <br />