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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of October 3, 2012
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DATE: September 24,2012
FROM: Paul Blikstad Department CDD Phone # 6554
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Deliberations on Type 2 Limited Use Permit for six commercial events and activities (weddings) in the
Exclusive Farm Use Zone (file no. LUP-12-2).
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Kerry and Deborah Downs applied for a Type 2 Limited Use Permit to conduct up to six commercial
weddings on their 39.83-acre parcel in the Exclusive Farm Use zone. The Planning Division issued an
Administrative Decision approving the permit. The Board signed Order No. 2012-031, initiating review
of the decision. The Board conducted a public hearing on the application on August 29, 2012. The
written record closed on September 26, 2012.
This is the second Deschutes County land use decision on an application under Deschutes County Code
18.16.042, Agritourism and Other Commercial Events or Activities Limited Use Permit. The Board's
decision will establish policy implications by interpreting the provisions of DCC 18.16.042.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The cost of the Board's review and decision on this application.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
The Board will need to decide whether to uphold the Planning Division's administrative review and
approval of the Limited Use Permit (file no. LUP12-2). The Planning Division recommends that the
Board uphold the administrative decision with the additional income requirements submitted by the
applicant to ensure the commercial events are incidental and subordinate to the existing farm use of the
property (limitation on the commercial events fees to ensure the amount is less than fifty percent of the
total farm use and commercial events and activities revenues combined).
ATTENDANCE: Nick Lelack, Paul Blikstad,
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
Planning Division staff will send notice to all parties of the Board's decision on LUP-12-2.