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tortoises to the Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area, provided <br />they provide the parameters and results of a gopher tortoise <br />survey of the entire Wabasso Scrub Conservation Area to the <br />County free -of -charge, and provided the survey results indicate <br />thatthe Wabasso Scrub habitat has the capacity to accommodate <br />the relocation, according to the standards of the Florida Fish <br />and Wildlife Conservation Commission of no more than two <br />tortoises per acre, as recommended in the Memorandum and <br />amended by the Board. <br />11.AA POLICYESTABLISHED(GRANDFATHERING) FORNON- <br />CONFORMING POT-BELLIED PIGS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of August 31, 1999: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />DEP HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />I " / <br />Robert 9. Keatin , AICP <br />Community Developmentector/ <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlo>s,,*'AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Planning <br />DATE: August 31, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Request for Board approval of policy regarding non -conforming <br />Pot-bellied pigs in residential areas <br />It is requested that the data herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners <br />at its regular meeting of September 7, 1999. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />On April 6, 1999, staff advised the Board of County Commissioners of the County Code Enforcement <br />Board's unwillingness to enforce the prohibition of keeping pot-bellied pigs in residential areas, in cases <br />where pigs were kept as pets prior to a Code amendment clarifying the prohibition (see attached <br />minutes). At the April 6 Board meeting, the Board instructed staff to hold a public workshop to <br />determine if some "middle -ground" could be reached, short of the County Commission pursuing a <br />remedy in court to require the Code Enforcement Board to enforce the pig prohibition. <br />On June 3, 1999, staff held a public workshop and received input from pot-bellied pig owners and from <br />neighbors of pig owners concerned about public nuisance (see attached workshop minutes). Staff is now <br />reporting to the Board on the outcome of the workshop, and is requesting that the Board consider <br />establishing a policy to allow "grandfathering",of pet pigs that existed at residences prior to the Code <br />clarification (of May 1998), but with conditions to minimize public nuisance. <br />SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 <br />