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BACKGROUND: <br />•Board Direction <br />At its August 15, 1995 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners <br />discussed various concerns and issues related to mobile pet <br />vaccination services. In addition to discussing pet vaccination <br />services, the commission expressed some concerns regarding special <br />sales events allowed in shopping center parking lots and retail <br />store parking lots via temporary use permits. <br />At the end of its August 15th discussion on these issues, the Board <br />directed staff to review these issues and come back to the Board <br />with recommendations. County planning staff has reviewed current <br />LDR (land development regulation) allowances for temporary uses in <br />general and mobile pet vaccination services in particular. In <br />doing so, planning staff has coordinated with the Environmental <br />Health Department, the County Attorney's Office, the City of Vero <br />Beach planning department, and the City of Vero Beach attorney's <br />staff. <br />•General Characteristics of Temporary Uses <br />As per the county's regulations, a temporary use is defined as a <br />use established for a fixed period of time with the intent to <br />discontinue such use upon a certain expiration date. Under the <br />LDRs, temporary uses are also uses set-up on a specific site, where <br />customers or employees are attracted to or brought onto the site. <br />Many types of temporary uses involve activities conducted outside <br />of enclosed buildings (e.g. tent meetings, special sales or sports - <br />related events). As such, temporary uses may involve activities <br />that, if conducted indoors, would require no special permit review <br />or approval. For instance, a shopping center or mall could have <br />vaccination services provided within a tenant unit without any <br />special permit review or approval by the planning division. Such <br />a use, however, for a short period of time could be conducted <br />outside of the shopping center or mall building under a temporary <br />use permit, provided various conditions are satisfied. <br />*Temporary Uses Allowed Under Current LDRs <br />LDR Chapter 972 sets forth allowances and criteria for all <br />temporary uses. Certain temporary uses are specifically addressed <br />and regulated in Chapter 972 by zoning district type (agricultural, <br />residential, commercial, and industrial). These specifically <br />listed uses include: <br />- Model homes <br />- Temporary construction offices <br />- Temporary watchman's quarters <br />- Temporary meeting, recreation or amusement facilities <br />- Temporary real estate sales office <br />- Transient merchants (e.g. fruit and vegetable stands, <br />Christmas tree sales) <br />Special vehicle and boat sales events <br />Other uses are allowed under a broad category of "similar temporary <br />uses", and still other temporary uses are allowed that are <br />accessory to a principal use (e.g. tent revival on a church site). <br />For several years, planning staff has treated plant sales and other <br />commercial events held in shopping center parking lots as similar <br />to special vehicle and boat sales events, which are specifically <br />allowed in such parking lots under certain conditions. <br />15 <br />SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 Boa 96 P&u <br />