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Commissioner Bird believed Mr. Smith has raised a question, at least in his mind, as to whether or not we should allow a mining operation closer than 1,000' from a platted subdivision regardless of the dewatering aspect. Mr. Smith continued to stress that if the subdivision is on public water, they can get much closer, but Commissioner Scurlock felt that Mr. Smith has pointed out something that raises the question of whether these operations should be allowed in a residential area at all. Mr. Smith again emphasized that they still have to meet all the other regulations. Chairman Wheeler believed Mr. Smith's request is legitimate based on the way the ordinance is written, but what he is hearing, that he agrees with, is that possibly we shouldn't allow mining at all within 1,000' of a subdivision and that possibly we also should change the ordinance to require greater setbacks from residential areas. Commissioner Bird noted that the issue before us today that these people have made their petition under is based on existing rules, and he wished to know what action we need to take today with what is before us to keep the 1,000' buffer - would that be to deny their request? Commissioner Bowman agreed that would be the action we should take and suggested that we also ask that the ordinance be amended to address the other problems raised today. Commissioner Scurlock brought up the point that there are a lot of places that are designated Agricultural/ on the map, and while we tend to think of Agricultural in terms of large areas lying out to the west of the county, there are a lot of little pockets of Agricultural all over the county. Commissioner Bird stated that he did not want to do anything today to change the rules of the game as they exist, but he also was not prepared to take any action today that would have the N O V 9 8 1989 21 BOOK 78 ' ,; 478