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M <br />requirements was fine. He thought the 40 -foot setback is somewhat excessive because it will <br />take a lot of extra property and will definitely drive up the cost of a development. He thought the <br />nuisance disclaimer was total over -kill. Potential buyers may tend to think there is more to it <br />than there really is. He felt it put an extreme hardship on someone trying to sell property with <br />that kind of disclaimer on it. He urged the Board vote against it. <br />Commissioner Ginn asked Mr. Hensick about the setbacks in The Grove. <br />Mr. Hensick thought there were some drainage easements that take about 50 feet. <br />Because the development was done without a lake, the retainage was all done with dry retainage - <br />type swales and easements. He guessed it was probably set back more than it could be. They are <br />now doing Stonebridge Phase 4. He was unsure what the setbacks are there, they had to deal <br />with agricultural buffering in place at the time. <br />Commissioner Adams inquired if The Grove was in the urban service area, and Director <br />Keating responded in the affirmative. <br />Robert Adair, Director of the Vero Beach station owned and operated by the Kerr <br />Center for Sustainable Agriculture, explained that the Center is a private non-profit agricultural <br />research organization dedicated to developing sustainable agricultural techniques. He stated that <br />the company would like to continue their operation. He remarked that the county is undergoing <br />a lot of growth at present and that many ways things have been done in the past may not work in <br />the future. The Center's land is now zoned A-1. To their south, property has been rezoned <br />RMH 8. He showed some photos on ELMO of the trailer park to show the density of RMH-8. <br />His specific concerns are three issues: sound, odor, and spray drift, which are even more intense <br />with the greater density units, because more people are being impacted. <br />To illustrate his focus on sound, Mr. Adair brought in a decibel chart and reported on the <br />State's test on the decibel levels of a spraying operation. <br />Mr. Adair stated that agricultural operations are changing; he predicted we are going to <br />see more and more recycled materials being used for nutrients to keep costs down. Chicken <br />manure is being used for fertilizer. Recycled wastewater is another type of reuse. These two <br />examples bring concerns of odor. He advised that agricultural operations exist in urban use areas <br />in California and they have nuisance disclaimers, agricultural setbacks and buffers. What <br />worked in 1960 may not work now in Indian River County. <br />Mr. Adair advised that there are 65,000 acres of citrus in Indian River County and we <br />need to encourage this. He recalled complaints about Berry Farms when they started using <br />chicken manure. He believed there should be a disclaimer to let people be aware before they buy <br />their property. He suggested they could have "notification of active agricultural operation." He <br />F, <br />felt it needs to tie worked out just exactly how the disclaimer should be worded. He pointed out <br />25 <br />MAY 27,1997 <br />Jai <br />i,P ti <br />R <br />