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Board of County Commissioners <br />Meeting Minutes - Final June 18, 2019 <br />proposed draft ordinance, provide input to staff, and direct staff to initiate the <br />formal land development regulation amendment process; and 2. Invoke the <br />pending ordinance doctrine for the proposed draft ordinance during the formal <br />adoption process. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Minutes from March 5, 2019 BCC Meeting <br />Voluntary Ag Exemption Acknowledgement Form <br />Comparison of County Nursery/Landscaping Sery in Aq <br />Agricultural Zoning Districts Comparison <br />Existing Landscape/Nursery Businesses in Ag <br />Proposed Draft Ordinance <br />(Clerk's Note: The item was heard following the 1:00 p.m. time -certain Item <br />12.D.1., and is placed here for continuity.) <br />Through the use of a PowerPoint Presentation, Community Development <br />Director Stan Boling provided a recap of the March 5, 2019 meeting when <br />citizens Spencer Simmons and Tim Campbell addressed the Board with their <br />concerns regarding Caribbean Lawn and Landscaping, a landscaping services <br />business located at 7120 37th Street in an A-1 agricultural use zone. Director <br />Boling explained that the consensus of the Board was for staff to research <br />possible modifications to the Land Development Regulations (LDRs) to <br />potentially balance agriculture and commercial business in agricultural areas. <br />In his presentation, Director Boling included the 2030 Indian River County <br />Future Land Use Map and addressed land use conflicts, permitting procedures, <br />and "accessory use" factors. Environmental Planning and Code Enforcement <br />Chief Roland DeBlois offered an overview of the businesses in the A-1 <br />agricultural zone. Director Boling pointed out that staff researched the existing <br />and potential LDRs of Brevard, Martin, Osceola, St. Lucie and Palm Beach <br />Counties, and provided the Board with a proposed draft ordinance that could be <br />used as a pending ordinance during the formal LDR amendment process. He <br />explained that if the Board declared the draft ordinance to be in effect during <br />the formal code amendment process, it would apply to any newly established <br />landscaping services business and any new expansion or changes to an existing <br />business that is zoned in A-1, A-2 or A-3 agricultural areas. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan received clarification from Director Boling about <br />mowing and trimming being listed as an accessory to a nursery business and <br />inquired on the criteria of a legally established nursery. <br />Indian River County Florida Page 12 <br />