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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA 0 i <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />FROM: <br />Stan Boling, AVP Community Development Director <br />DATE: September 2, 2016 <br />SUBJECT: Consideration of Proposed Temporary Use Permit Regulations for Farmers Market <br />Events in Gifford (Sale of Fruits, Vegetables, and Food) <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of September 20, 2016. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Currently, county land development regulations (LDRs) allow fruit and vegetable sales at temporary <br />stands in Gifford and throughout the unincorporated county on commercially zoned sites under <br />certain conditions. Those conditions include temporary access and parking improvements, a 3,000 <br />foot separation distance between fruit and vegetable stand sites, and a prohibition on electrical and <br />water/sewer service to stands with an exception for certain grandfathered -in (pre -2001) stands. <br />There is no allowance under the current LDRs for sale of cooked food at such stands. The existing <br />regulations are structured to balance the less stringent development standards applied to temporary <br />produce stands as a traditional small-scale use and the more stringent development standards applied <br />to commercial uses at permanent facilities. <br />In recent years, Gifford residents and interested produce and food vendors indicated that produce and <br />food stands have been a tradition in Gifford and that greater allowances for such uses need to be <br />accommodated, with reasonable regulations. In response to interest in a food vendor/farmers market <br />in Gifford, a community meeting sponsored by the Progressive Civic League of Gifford was held at <br />the Gifford Community Center on April 23, 2012. At that meeting, county staff, representatives <br />from the Sheriff's Office, Health Department staff, residents, and vendors discussed the farmers <br />market concept. Although no consensus was reached at that meeting, it was evident that there was <br />an interest in allowing outdoor produce and food sales but there were also concerns expressed about <br />determining appropriate farmers market locations, aesthetics, security and night-time activities, and <br />neighborhood impacts. <br />FACommunity Development\CurDev\BCC\2016 BCC\TUP Regulations for Farmer's Market Events in Gifford 092016 Public Hearing.docx 1 <br />177 <br />