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In 2014, the farmer's market concept was discussed at Gifford Neighborhood Plan meetings and was incorporated into Action 6.5 which was adopted as part of the neighborhood plan. That action calls for the County to consider special regulations for food and produce sales in Gifford via temporary use regulations (see attachment #1). To move the farmer's market concept forward, staff reviewed research conducted for the 2012 community meeting, coordinated with Gifford community leaders, and drafted a Gifford -specific set of temporary use permit regulations that would allow food and produce market sales and events, with special criteria. The Board is now to consider the proposed draft regulations, and determine whether or not to direct staff to initiate the process for formal review and consideration of adopting farmer's market regulations for Gifford. ANALYSIS The draft regulations (see attachment #3), as currently proposed, would allow staff to issue one or more renewable temporary use permits for weekend and special event farmer's markets within the area of Gifford lying east of 58th Avenue and west of US 1 on commercial/industrial sites or public park sites. As currently proposed, such sites must have direct access to a major road and be located no closer than 1,500 feet to any other approved farmer's market site. Through the temporary use permit process, a year-long schedule of events could be approved for a particular site, and compliance issues could be addressed through special permit conditions and revocation of the permit, if necessary. The proposed regulation would also limit sale items to produce, food, and non-alcoholic beverages consistent with the neighborhood plan. Under the current proposal, days and hours of operation would be limited to help ensure compatibility with neighborhoods. As proposed, market events on any approved site would be limited to 3 days per week and 8 hours per day with no sales activity occurring past 9 pm. In addition, the proposed regulations would require traffic control, parking, and security provisions approved by Planning, Traffic Engineering, and the Sheriff's Office to address security and operational concerns, and would also require provisions for sanitary facilities and solid waste approved by the Health Department and Solid Waste to address health and appearance concerns. Determining appropriate and viable commercial sites or public park sites for a farmer's market will require careful evaluation as the proposed regulation moves forward and gets "refined" through the review process. Although there are commercial sites located along major roadways in Gifford, suitable commercial sites along 45th Street, especially east of 43rd Avenue in the "heart" of Gifford, are limited (see attachment #2). Use of public park sites, such as Gifford Park on 43rd Avenue or a potentially re -developed Gifford Landfill site on 41St Street, may be useable as long as there are no conflicts with normal park use. Staff's position is that locational criteria in particular, as well as all the other proposed farmer's market criteria, should be workshopped at an evening meeting in Gifford. Therefore, if the Board directs staff to initiate the formal process for reviewing and adopting the proposed regulations, staff would conduct at least one community workshop prior to scheduling public hearings before the PZC (Planning & Zoning Commission) and the Board. The entire review and hearing process could take 6 — 9 months. M \AGENDA\Current Year\2015\12-08-15 Consideration of Allowing Farmer's Market Events in Gifford.docx 2 178