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Y <br />d <br />w <br />ADMINISTRATOR, BUT.EXPRESSED CONCERN IN REGARD TO HOW FAR YOU CAN <br />GO WITH AN INTENSIFICATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT INTENSIFICATION IS LEGAL, <br />BUT EXPANSION IS NOT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE ADDING OF FERTILIZER, <br />WOOD CHIPS, MULCH, ETC., WAS A CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT WE HAVE NO PROVISION IN THE <br />ZONING ORDINANCE TO RETIRE NON -CONFORMITIES, AND FELT THE BOARD MAY <br />WANT TO CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING .SUCH PROVISIONS. HE AGREED THAT THE <br />STATUES AND FERTILIZER WERE CLEARLY AN EXPANSION. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER Loy, TO STATE THAT IMPORTATION AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL <br />SALE OF PLANTS BY MRS. CRUZE IS AN INTENSIFICATION AND NOT A VIOLA- <br />TION, BUT ADDITION OF NEW PRODUCT LINES SUBSEQUENT TO THE ORDINANCE <br />CONSTITUTES AN EXPANSION, WHICH IS A VIOLATION AND MUST BE CORRECTED. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DID NOT AGREE WITH THE MOTION AS <br />HE FELT IT MIGHT PUT THE BOARD IN A POSITION WHERE THEY WILL HAVE <br />TO PURSUE THIS MATTER, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER VOTED IN OPPOSITION. ALL OTHERS VOTED IN FAVOR, AND THE <br />MOTION CARRIED. <br />WARREN ZEUCH, .JR., CHAIRMAN OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY <br />THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PROMOTE A TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX, CAME <br />BEFORE THE BOARD AND REPORTED THAT, AS REQUESTED, THEY HAVE MET WITH <br />HOTEL OPERATORS AND OTHERS, AND SO FAR HAVE HAD NO REPERCUSSIONS IN <br />REGARD TO SUCH A TAX. HE ASKED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THIS ITEM <br />FAVORABLY AND PLACE IT ON THE SEPTEMBER PRIMARY BALLOT, WHICH <br />WOULD BE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME WITHOUT HAVING A SPECIAL BALLOT. <br />J. B. NORTON, VICE PRESIDENT OF.THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, <br />DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD NEW RULINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE <br />ON HOW THESE FUNDS MUST BE USED. HE NOTED THAT PEOPLE IN REST HOMES <br />AND HOUSING AUTHORITIES WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE TAX, BUT THE SIX <br />MONTH IS PERIOD IS STILL A GRAY AREA AND WILL BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER. <br />HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN AMENDMENT INTRODUCED TO <br />(: <br />R 2-21978 <br />