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Staff Recommendation: Specifically define potbellied pigs as livestock (rather than <br />pets), and require 1 acre minimum lot size and extra setbacks <br />for non-commercial kennels for "noisy" animals such as dogs <br />and talking birds. <br />PSAC Recommendation: Voted 6-0 for the same recommendation as staff. <br />PZC Recommendation: Voted 7-0 for the same recommendation as staff. <br />7. Mailed Notice Requirements: Regular Mail vs. Certified Mail <br />Current county regulations require certified mailed notice to property owners surrounding <br />a site for which the following types of application/requests have been filed: land use map <br />changes, rezonings, and special exception uses/planned developments. Current regulations <br />require regular mail (not certified) to surrounding property owners for the following types <br />of application/requests: variances, appeals, right-of-way abandonments, plat vacations, and <br />DRIB. Thus, the county has two different mailing methods for surrounding property owner <br />notice. Based upon a recent directive from the Planning and Zoning Commission, planning <br />staff has implemented a policy of going beyond the normal 300' surrounding property owner <br />notice radius where non-residential areas (e.g. a golf course) need to be skipped -over to reach <br />homes that are nearest a development site but are more than 300' from the development site. <br />Also, it should be noted that the LDRs now have an expanded notice for certain tower <br />applications. That expanded notice area is either from 600' or %2 mile, depending upon the <br />site's location. <br />Given the current disparity between types of application/requests and method of mailed <br />notice service (regular vs. certified), expanded notice requirements, and significantly <br />increased mailing costs, staff is proposing that the LDRs be changed to allow all mailed <br />notices be sent by regular mail. Staffs experience is that certified mail adds no better <br />assurance of delivery. Furthermore, the existing LDRs do not require that all owners receive <br />notice, since notice can be refused. Therefore, in stafTs opinion, use of regular mail would <br />be just as effective as certified mail, will be cheaper, and will make all notice requirements <br />consistent. In addition, such a change would make all notice requirements the same. <br />At its April 9, 1998 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission discussed and <br />recommended using regular mail and increasing the notice radius from 300' to 600'. Such <br />a change would increase the notice area (and mailings and associated costs) by 200%-300% <br />on average. At its April 16, 1998 meeting, the PSAC decided that, in lieu of increasing the <br />notification radius to 600' in all cases, ngtification should be given to any property owner <br />association or condominium association having "jurisdiction" over any property or units <br />within the 300' radius. Such a requirement could provide increased notice coverage at <br />minimal time and expense. <br />Staff Recommendation: Change notice requirements to use regular mail rather than <br />certified mail. <br />PSAC Recommendation: Voted 7-0 to recommend using regular mail only, and using <br />the existing 300' notification radius and notifying any known <br />property/condo associations that have any units within the <br />300' radius. <br />PZC Recommendation: Voted 7-0 to recommend using regular mail only and expand <br />the notification radius from 300' to 600'. <br />May 4, 1998 <br />iA <br />EOLIK U `3i <br />� Fr�.Cr o <br />