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AAC Review and Recommendations The AAC, at public meetings held on October 30, 2019 and December 11, 2019 (see meeting minutes, Attachment 8), reviewed staff's proposed draft LDR amendment presented to the BCC on June 18, 2019, as well as the Hendrix and Simmons/Campbell proposed LDR amendments, and recommended that the County adopted a "staff proposed alternative (2nd Alternative") LDR amendment," summarized as follows. Staff Proposed "2nd Alternative" LDR Amendment Different from the staff proposed," I It Alternative" LDR amendment presented to the Board of County Commissioners on June 18, 2019, the "2" d Alternative" staff proposed amendment (Attachment 10) makes off- site accessory landscaping services in agricultural zoning districts an Administrative Permit use, whereby such a use would now be subject to site plan approval. As recommended by the AAC, site plan approval would be subject to PZC approval (i.e., not staff -level approval). Under the alternative staff amendment, the following criteria would apply: 1. The off-site landscaping services must be accessory to a legally established wholesale nursery on agriculturally zoned property at least 400,000 square feet (9.18 acres) in size; 2. The total parking/driveway/building area associated with the landscaping services must be set back at least fifty (50) feet from all property lines and limited to less than fifty (50) percent of the nursery site area under cultivation; 3. The total parking/driveway/building area associated with the landscaping services use must be visually screened from adjacent properties and streets by means of a 6 foot opaque feature (such as a fence, wall, berm, preserved or planted vegetation, or combination thereof); and 4. No burning of material brought in from off-site, stockpiling of organic material, or dumping of debris brought in from off-site is allowed on the wholesale nursery/landscaping services site. Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendation At a public hearing on January 23, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5 to 0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt staff's proposed alternative ("2nd Alternative") LDR amendment, requiring that off-site accessory landscaping services in agricultural zoning districts be subject to certain criteria specified in the amendment and be subject to PZC approval as an Administrative Permit use, as recommended by the AAC (see PZC minutes, Attachment 9). The Board of County Commissioners is now to consider the alternative Land Development Regulation (LDR) amendment proposals described herein and adopt, or adopt with modifications, one of the proposed alternative amendments (or deny all of the alternative amendments). ANALYSIS Staff s report (and attachments) considered by the BCC on June 18 (see Attachment 4) provides a detailed analysis and summary of` • Land use conflicts in agricultural areas, with county LDRs accommodating a wide and eclectic range of large and small scale agricultural uses, conditional uses, and low density "residential estate" uses historically and currently existing in agriculturally designated areas; 143