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Boa 97 PALE 203 <br />Planning Director Stan Boling reviewed the 5 conditions of <br />approval recommended by staff, and discussion ensued on condition <br />#5, the prohibition of the Caribbean Fruit Fly host plants within <br />the Trails End Subdivision, with said prohibition enforceable <br />through the Code Enforcement Board. <br />Commissioners Eggert and Macht were concerned about using <br />County personnel to police the host plants. <br />Commissioner Tippin emphasized that the citrus people are out <br />there making a living on ag-zoned land, and, as time goes on, there <br />are prohibitions about what they can ship and where they can ship <br />it. If there is a host plant within so many hundred feet of a <br />grove, a restriction could be placed on shipping the fruit. It's <br />getting worse. The Japanese won't touch anything that has been <br />subjected to certain fungicides, etc. The citrus growers are <br />becoming more and more restricted all the time as to how they can <br />market their fruit. Commissioner Tippin felt that if we are going <br />to allow residential use in agriculturally zoned land, then we <br />shouldn't allow anything that is going to prohibit the citrus <br />growers from shipping their fruit. <br />Commissioner Eggert inquired about the allowance of the <br />Australian Pines as a buffer when they also are considered nuisance <br />trees, and Director Boling explained that the trees straddle the <br />shared east property line and the removal and replanting would <br />involve more than the project site. <br />The Chairman opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone <br />wished to be heard in this matter. <br />Peter Beuttell, applicant, advised that the question of the <br />Australian Pines on the east property line came up at the meeting <br />of the Planning & Zoning Commission. His problem in removing them <br />is bearing the expense of taking them out if he and Mr. Elliott <br />can come to agreement on that. Mr. Elliott has suggested <br />replanting the 1200 -foot berm area with cedars that the Edsels have <br />used as a windbreak. They apparently grow to a height of 15-20 <br />feet. However, he understood that the County requires an <br />irrigation system with a revegetation project, and he would like a <br />little flexibility as far as that goes. <br />Director Boling explained that in a case such as this, they <br />would have to establish that the cedars were drought tolerant. <br />Chairman Adams understood then that they could be watered from <br />a water truck for the first couple of weeks, and Director Boling <br />responded affirmatively, adding that in this type of buffer a 3 - <br />year growing period is allowed to achieve the required height. <br />32 <br />FEBRUARY 6, 1996 <br />