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following the active code case (at that time) against Caribbean for establishing the accessory landscaping services business ahead of establishing a wholesale nursery on the site. Both expressed concerns about traffic, effects on neighborhood character and property values, and the precedent for future similar situations on other agriculturally zoned properties. At the March 5, 2019 BCC meeting, Board members acknowledged Right to Farm Act protections and the code enforcement process but also expressed concern that, under current procedures and code interpretation, a landscaping services business could "game the system" by minimally establishing a wholesale nursery in order to have an out -of -scale commercial business in an agricultural area. Ultimately, the Board acknowledged that the code enforcement case would proceed on its own track, and by consensus directed staff to research possible modifications to the .land development regulations (LDRs) to balance the needs of agriculture and commercial business in agricultural areas with respect to landscaping services operations (see BCC 3/5/19 minutes, Attachment 3). Staff ("1St Alternative") LDR Amendment On June 18, 2019, staff went back to the BCC with a proposed LDR amendment that would further define accessory off-site landscaping services and allow but limit the use subject to certain criteria (see staff report and draft ordinance, Attachment 4). Under the proposed amendment, an allowed accessory landscaping services use would: 1. Include installation and mowing/trimming maintenance services involving a broad range of landscape material, including grass (lawns), consistent with the code's existing Chapter 901 definition of "landscaping." 2. Not include pest control services. 3. Not include (and consequently, would not further regulate) services authorized and conducted in compliance with a home occupation permit. 4. Be associated with a legally established nursery. 5. Be located on an agriculturally zoned. site of at least 400,000 sq. ft.. (9.183 acres). 6. Be set back (total parking/driveway/building area) at least 50 ft. from property lines. 7. Be limited (total parking/driveway/building area) to no more than 50% of the nursery area located on site (total area under cultivation including outdoor cultivation,green houses, grow houses, shade houses, and similar structures). 8. Be visually screened (parking area) from adjacent properties and streets. 9. Not include or allow for burning, mulching, or dumping off-site debris on the nursery/ landscaping services site. At the June 18, 2019 BCC meeting, after discussion and input from staff and from members of the public, the BCC voted to direct the County's Agriculture Advisory Committee (AAC) to review staff's proposed draft ordinance, including all agricultural land conflicts and uses, and to offer its recommendations on the issue (see BCC 6/18/19 minutes, Attachment 5). The AAC has since considered the matter and has made recommendations (as later explained in this memorandum). 141