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feet on the intermediate driveways, while staff and the PSAC are recommending that the requirement be lowered to 25 feet. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. County Engineer Roger Cain gave a brief demonstration for the Board's edification and explained that the 50 foot requirement is really not necessary for a minor or intermediate driveway; especially in an instance where the lot is just a little over 100 feet, which puts a very severe strain on the use of the property. Randy Mosby of Mosby & Associates stated that he is a member of the PSAC which is totally in support of staff on this issue. As a practicing engineer in the county, he has had many problems with the current requirement as it is very tight on small sites. He advised that a site that generates 500 ADTs during a peak period would end up being 25 trips in and 25 trips out, one car every 5 minutes. In this instance, stacking is really not an issue at 500, or at 1,000 where you get 2 trips every 5 minutes. The ordinance currently does not take into account the additional distance you have from the edge of the pavement in the right-of-way. He mentioned a small site on 43rd Street (a small convenience store) where the owner was forced into buying the land next door just to build a driveway into the property. He repeated that, as a local engineer and as a member of the PSAC, he is in support of the County Engineer's recommendation for a reduction to 25 feet. 15. Staff -Level Approval of Certain Administrative Permits Director Boling informed the Board that all administrative permit uses have to be approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission at the present time. This amendment attempts to allow staff to approve non -controversial types of uses where the criteria are spelled out, including specialty farms, non-commercial stables, accessory housing for night watchmen, guest cottages and servants quarters, mobile homes in agricultural areas, multiple family dwellings in commercial areas, docks on vacant single-family lots, and carry -out restaurants in the MED and OCR districts. Commissioner Eggert wanted to be certain that if an item does become controversial, the appeals process would be spelled out, and Director Boling advised that no notice is now required for special exception uses. The request may be approved by the Technical Review Committee and sent to the Planning & Zoning Commission for approval if it did prove to be controversial. 21 BOOK 95 FAGS 21 MAY 159 1995