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Response: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not fail to evaluate the <br />application in regard to the comprehensive plan and LDRs. Although <br />the applicant contends that certain criteria were not reasonably <br />applied, staffs analysis has shown adequate justification for the <br />Commission's findings, under the criteria for packinghouse, <br />nonconformities, and driveway improvements. <br />• Agricultural Business Criteria <br />As stated previously in this report, the agricultural business special exception request hinges on a <br />two-pronged specific land use criteria. Specifically, the Board can approve the request =y upon <br />a finding that: <br />1. The proposed business is directly "related to or provide(s) services for active <br />agricultural operations, ANW <br />2. The proposed business "would not be more appropriately looted in a commercial or <br />industrial zoning district". <br />Like many businesses in the county, part 1. of the criterion is satisfied by the proposed business. <br />However, part 2. is not. Primarily, the proposed business is an office use which should be located <br />in a commercial district Other brokerage offices, including the applic =,s present off ce are looted <br />in commercial districts. The proposed business should also be located in a commercial district rather <br />than in an agricultural district. <br />Based on the analysis performed, staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: <br />1. Deny the special exception use for an agricultural business; <br />2. Make a finding that the Planning and Zoning Commission's action to deny the <br />packinghouse administrative use permit/site plan application did not fail in any of the <br />areas outlined in LDR section 902.5, and <br />3. Deny the appeal and uphold the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision to <br />deny the administrative use penait/site plan application. <br />DECEMBER 1, 1998 <br />