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of the county without the county having the ability to impose special conditions addressing aesthetics and noise impactse and without the application of normal site plan standards. Such an LDR change could potentially have a negative impact on the aesthetics of the county's commercial areas and have negative impacts on surrounding areas. Furthermore, staff has concerns that lowering standards for flea market uses will provide an unfair advantage to individuals conducting outdoor sales compared to retailers conducting sales in buildings that have complied with the county's site plan requirements. Site -planned projects more specifically aiA more thoroughly address traffic,, concurrency,, drainage,, landscaping, building codes,, and other development issues. In essence,, lowering standards for outdoor sales will provide an incentive for such activity,, and will result in the use of unimproved sites for regular commercial activIties. ALTERNATIVES: As outlined by staff at the April 27th Board of County Commissioners meeting, there are several alternatives that address the Wabasso flea market situation. These are: 1. Xeep the existing flea ma ket LDRs unchanged. Under this alternative, the Wabasso flea market sponsor would need to: a. Move the flea market to property zoned CH or IL, obtain site plan and administrative permit approvall make site improvements,, and obtain a project 11c.o.n. OR b. Rezone the property to CH or IL and obtain approvals as cited above. In staff Is opinion,, the subject site should not be rezoned to CH or IL. Therefore, this alternative (l.b.) should not be pursued. OR C. Request use of the existing fairgrounds site (already approved for regular and periodic events) for community flea market events. If the county approved such a request,, the event could be moved approximately 1-11 miles to the fairgrounds site on 58th Avenue. In making a decision on use of the fairgrounds, the county would need to consider licensing,, administration,, and insurance issues associated with such a use. 2. Revise the existing LDRs to allow f lea ma kets in the CG district as a special exception use. Under this alternative, the Wabasso flea market sponsor would be required to obtain special exception use and site plan approvals, ensure that required site improvements are madej, and obtain a project 11C. 0. 11. Restrictions on allowable event time operations, event size,, site operationsj, setbacks,, and required site design features similar to the criteria described under alternative 3 of this report could be applied to flea markets in the CG district as safeguards. 3. Revise the existing flea market LDRs to allow limited, community flea ma ket uses by issuance of a special temporary use permit. Under this alternativel the Wabasso flea market Could be allowed to continue under certain conditions with 15 'JUN - 8 1993 POOK 89 fiGF 7