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• State pre-emptions and protections of agricultural uses; • Current County regulation of landscaping services; • Regulation of landscaping services in agricultural districts in other counties; and • Existing landscaping services in Indian River County agricultural areas. For reasons explained in that staff report, staff drafted its proposed (1St Alternative") LDR amendment (presented to the BCC on June 18, 2019) to continue the allowance of accessory landscaping businesses in agricultural zoning districts, but with conditions and clarifications tied to a carefully defined term of "off-site accessory landscaping services." Under staff's "1St Alternative" approach, such a use would not be subject to the special exception public hearings process (the Hendrix amendment proposal) or eliminated completely in agricultural areas (the Simmons/Campbell amendment proposal), but would be allowed albeit with limitations to address off-site compatibility issues. The AAC supported staff alternative (2nd Alternative") LDR amendment contains criteria similar to the June 18 staff "I" Alternative" amendment, but would make the use subject to site plan review and PCZ approval as an Administrative Permit use. In drafting the proposed staff "2nd Alternative" LDR amendment (supported by the AAC), staff considered issues that the AAC directed staff to review. Following is a summary of staff s analysis of those issues. 50 Foot Setback for Driveways At the October 30, 2019 AAC meeting, it was pointed out that certain agriculturally zoned parcels with a "flag lot" configuration could not meet a 50 -foot setback requirement for a driveway. That is because on flag lots, the "flag pole' portion of the lot is standardly 60 feet wide for driveway access, which does not allow for a 50 foot driveway setback from a side property line. In reviewing this matter, staff found that flag lot configurations are most commonly associated with 5 -acre parcels in the A-1 (1 unit per 5 acres) agricultural district. Since staff's proposed amendment would only allow off-site accessory landscaping services on 400,000 square foot (9.18 acre) or larger parcels, the potential for conflict of a 50 -foot driveway setback requirement on a flag lot (common to 5 -acre parcels) is minimal. Given that flag lots over 5 acres are not common, and the daily coming and going of landscaping services vehicles on a driveways closer than 50 feet to a property line is a potential nuisance to an adjacent property, a 50 -foot setback is justified and should be a requirement, and as such is included in staff's alternative amendment proposal. Incidental Pesticide Use vs. Stand -Alone Pesticide Business To address the issue of distinguishing pesticide use incidental to a bona.fide nursery operation from a stand- alone off-site pesticide business, staff modified the proposed definition of "off-site accessory landscaping services" to indicate that such services do not include stand-alone pest control services (see Attachment 9). Similarly, staff also revised the off-site landscaping services definition to specify that stand-alone lawn mowing services are not included as well. Appropriateness of 50% Areal Coverage Threshold (Accessory Use vs. Principal Use) At the October 30 AAC meeting, concerned was expressed that an up to 50% areal coverage for an accessory use (i.e., for an off-site accessory landscaping service) is questionable as an appropriate scale for such a use. In reviewing this issue, staff notes that the current definition of accessory use in the County Code is as follows: `Accessory use a use which: (a) Is clearly incidental to, customarily found in association with, and serves a principal use; 144