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county has considered the following temporary uses to be <br />appropriate for the following reasons: <br />1. Transient merchant uses such as Christmas tree and fireworks <br />sales are traditional seasonal sales that have historically <br />been allowed on parking lots and vacant lots. Christmas tree <br />sales tend to involve a significant amount of sales space and <br />special handling that is best accommodated out of doors. <br />Other transient merchant sales such as fruit and vegetable <br />stands and satellite seafood sales also have a historical <br />basis in the county and are intended to allow, but not <br />require, a direct sales outlet for locally grown fruits and <br />vegetables and locally caught seafood. To keep such <br />facilities from becoming de facto grocery stores that do not <br />meet normal site development standards for grocery stores, <br />such stands are currently prohibited from connecting to <br />electrical, telephone, water, sewer and other utility <br />services. <br />2. _Temporary structures such as construction trailers and <br />watchman's quarters are necessary to accommodate construction <br />projects in terms of providing on-site management, <br />construction coordination, and security. Such structures also <br />allow some equipment and materials to be stored indoors, which <br />is generally more aesthetic than outdoor storage. <br />3. Accessory uses such as seasonal outdoor plant sales around <br />garden centers or tent meetings at churches allow for special <br />commercial and non-commercial events where site improvements <br />are already in place to accommodate a temporary "expansion" of <br />the permanent use. <br />4. _Special sales events such as car sales and mobile pet <br />vaccination clinics are not necessarily related to a permanent <br />on site use. Car sales events were specifically added to the <br />list of allowable temporary uses in 1987. At that time, the <br />county determined that car sales events, especially those <br />involving more than one dealership, require a significant <br />amount of space and should not be restricted to individual car <br />lots, due to general site constraints, or to the fairgrounds <br />site, due to its location which is remote from commercial <br />areas. <br />•Other Issues <br />One important issue related to temporary uses is the fairness of <br />allowing certain commercial activities via a temporary use permit <br />on sites that are not improved to the standard required of <br />permanent businesses. First, it should be noted that the allowed <br />temporary commercial uses have limitations not imposed on permanent <br />businesses. For example, fruit and vegetable stands (which are <br />approved as temporary uses) are not allowed to connect to water, <br />sewer, electric or telephone services. Also, it should be noted <br />that site criteria are applied to such uses, and that these <br />criteria are similar to temporary use or special use permit <br />criteria used in other jurisdictions. Although certain temporary <br />uses are justified, some inequities are bound to occur, since items <br />or services sold at temporary use sites or events are also sold at <br />permanent businesses. <br />Aesthetics is another concern, since outdoor events and sales tend <br />to be less aesthetic. Such events can create a negative visual <br />impact along a roadway, and such negative impacts are the main <br />reason that outdoor flea markets are strictly regulated in the <br />county and in other jurisdictions. Due to these possibly negative <br />20 <br />JANUARY 9, 1996 <br />0 <br />