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[I. Call To Order]

[II. Announcements]

[III. Approve the Final Agenda]

[00:01:58]

CHANGE THAT TEXT TO REFLECT WHAT IT WAS PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST, THAT THERE'S BEEN OPERATIONS THERE AS A BUSINESS. OKAY, SO WE CAN RUN THIS THROUGH WITH I JUST WANT IT BROUGHT UP THAT THERE'S NO SIGNATURE ON THESE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LANDOWNERS AND THE NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE CHANGING. BECAUSE ONE OF THEM, THEY SAY THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL INVOLVED IN IT. AND WE'LL CHANGING IT. DENY THEM THEIR RESIDENTIAL ASPECT. THAT RESIDENT ON WEST POINT ROAD, THAT RESIDENTIAL IS ASSIGNED BY PROPERTY APPRAISAL. THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS ASSIGNED BY OUR ZONING MAP. OUR ZONING MAP HAS ASSIGNED IT AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, SO THE REZONING AND ANYTHING YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL ON THE PROPERTY CARD IS FOR PROPERTY APPRAISAL TO USE. IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL ZONING THAT WAS APPLIED TO IT PRIOR TO. HE'S SAYING HE'S GOT RESIDENTIAL IN THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PROPERTY APPRAISAL DID THEIR CODING AS, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN. THERE. IT'S A CODING FROM PROPERTY APPRAISAL, NOT FROM ZONING. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT EVEN THOUGH HE'S SAYING HE'S GOT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THERE. THERE IS A HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY. THERE'S A HOUSE ON. WHICH ONE ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT? WEST POINT, WEST POINT ROAD, WE HAVE TWO IN WEST POINT ROAD. ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT A PUERTO. TO PUERTO? YES. THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A HOUSE ON THERE THAT HAS BEEN ZONED REZONED IN, I THINK IN THE 90S TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE USE REALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING. OKAY. I THOUGHT OUR PURPOSE OF OUR ZONING LAWS WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THAT PROPERTY. I GUESS I'M CONFUSED. OKAY, THE USE OF THE HOUSE WAS A NON-CONFORMING USE. I DIDN'T THINK RESIDENTIAL WAS ALLOWED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IT IS. IT IS. OKAY. I'M CONFUSED THERE.

ALRIGHT. OKAY. JUST WANTED INTO YOUR POINT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. THE ONE OF YOUR POINTS WHICH IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE REZONINGS WERE FOUND BY THE COUNTY PER SE, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE THE ONES WHO POINTED IT OUT. IT WASN'T JUST US THAT FOUND IT AND SAID, OH, WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BACK. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO POINTED IT OUT AND SAID, OH, THIS IS WRONG.

WILL YOU PLEASE CHANGE IT BACK? SO TO YOUR POINT, DOES THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOW ABOUT IT? YES, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT TO US. OKAY. AS LONG AS THEY KNOW

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ABOUT IT, I'M. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY BROUGHT IT TO US. YEAH. SANDY, YOU SAID IN THE PAST WHEN WE REZONE THINGS YEARS AGO, PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WERE LIVED OUT OF TOWN HAD NO IDEA THEIR PROPERTY WAS GETTING REZONED. YES, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED. SO I DON'T DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN AND HAVE SANDY COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. FIVE YEARS. YES, WE WE DID NOTIFY THEM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GOOD. WHO WANTS TO APPROVE THE FINAL AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY

[ IV.1. Board of Zoning Appeals & Planning Commission - Regular Meeting - Apr 9, 2026 10:00 AM ]

READ THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE THEM? SOMEBODY.

SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S

[V.A.1. Variance - Foster - 1021 Lovic Davis Rd (APN 0840 000025C) 1st Reading - Vote Eligible ]

MOVE INTO PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WANT TO PUT US INTO PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. WE ARE NOW IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. THE FIRST APPLICATION IS A VARIANCE REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY MR. FOSTER FOR 1021 LUBBOCK DAVIS ROAD. HE IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE FRONT AND THE SIDE SETBACKS. THE APPLICATION.

THE NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION WERE PLACED IN ALL IN THE LAGRANGE DAILY NEWS AND WAS PLACED AT HIS PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. SO BACK TO THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE FROM THE FRONT YARD, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND SIDE YARD SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIMARY STRUCTURE ADDITION AND AN ATTACHED CARPORT ON THE PARCEL LOCATED IN AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE ADDITION TO THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND THE ATTACHED CARPORT WILL EXTEND TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PARCEL. THE SITE PLAN ATTACHED.

THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE ADDITION WILL BE 92.35FT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD, AND THE ATTACHED CARPORT WOULD BE 8137 FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE ROAD AND 34.19FT FROM THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM THAT'S BEING EXCEEDED FROM THE LINE? IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A WE CALL IT A CONNECTOR. I THINK IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 125 FROM THE CENTER LINE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. I GOT A QUESTION. WHAT IS THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE GOING ON? OH, YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION. THAT TRIANGLE THERE IN THE SKETCH.

IN THE SKETCH. WHAT IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SKETCH. THERE'S A LITTLE TRIANGLE RIGHT UNDER HIS HOUSE. WHAT IS THAT? OH, THAT IS THE SETBACK LINES. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE A HOUSE SHOULD BE IN PLACE. AND ONCE WE DO OUR SETBACKS, THAT'S ALL HE HAS LEFT TO PUT A HOUSE IN. IN THAT TRIANGLE, IN THAT TRIANGLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE GROUND BUNKER. RIGHT? REALLY? SO BASED ON OUR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS IN THAT SHAPED HOUSE LOT, Y'ALL DON'T THINK HE SHOULD BUILD A HOUSE ON IT. WELL, THE HOUSE IS ALREADY ON. I KNOW THE HOUSE IS ALREADY ON. YEAH, YEAH, BUT THOSE ARE THE SETBACKS THAT IS SQUEEZED HIM IN TO WHERE HE SHOULDN'T HAVE A HOUSE. THAT'S WRONG. THE SETBACKS ARE WRONG. WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS AGRICULTURAL, THE SETBACKS ARE A LOT MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES. YEAH, HIS CHICKENS ARE A PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME EXISTING PARCELS LIKE THIS ONE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. YEAH. UNDER THE CURRENT RULES. YEAH. THEY'RE JUST GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THIS PARCEL HAS BEEN THERE FOREVER. WELL, ACTUALLY, IF THE COUNTY HADN'T REDONE THE ROAD, HE'D HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO BUILD A HOUSE. THEY STOLE A BUNCH OF LAND TO BUILD, TO MOVE THE ROAD THERE. SO ANYBODY. I GUESS I GOTTA ASK THIS QUESTION. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE FOR OR AGAINST THIS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE HAS BEEN MADE. SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES. SYDNEY, GO BUILD YOUR HOUSE, YOUR GARAGE FOR YOUR WIFE'S.

YEAH, WE'LL PAY SOME MORE MONEY. GET THE PERMIT. I GUESS WE'RE MISSING RIGHT NOW. I THINK IF SOMEBODY OVER THERE. NOT UNTIL WE SEND THAT LETTER OUT, WE WILL CONTACT YOU. AND ONCE WE

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COMPLETE IT TO THE POINT OF ISSUING THE BUILDING PERMIT. OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE FREE TO GO. ALRIGHT, OKAY. WE'RE DOWN TO THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP.

[V.B.1. Text Amendment to Troup County Zoning Map 1st Reading - Vote Eligible ]

THE FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS 68 HILLCREST ROAD. IT IS USED AS A COMMERCIAL USE AND IT IS NOW AS OF AUGUST 1ST, IT WAS REZONED TO THE LR. WELL, IT WAS ORIGINALLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL BACK. BUT THEN THEY MOVED THE HIGHWAY OVER AND BASICALLY NEGATED ALL THAT COMMERCIAL AREA BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE HIGHWAY. BUT I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME UP, I THOUGHT WE VOTED THAT DOWN WHERE HE COULDN'T PUT HIS. WRECKER SERVICE THERE. THAT RIGHT? HE COULD NOT. HE'S NOT DOING A WRECKER SERVICE. HE'S ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW HE'S JUST PARKING HIS DUMPSTERS ON THERE, PORTABLE DUMPSTERS. HE'S PARKING THEM ON THERE. AND SINCE IT'S BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL, HE WOULD LIKE TO FOR IT TO REMAIN COMMERCIAL.

AND IT WAS ALREADY COMMERCIAL PRIOR TO. OKAY. SO. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY. WE HAVE TWO COMMERCIALS. ONE IS HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS A HIGHER USE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL, WHICH WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. ANYTHING THAT IS WOULD NOT IMPACT AN AREA MORE THAN IT WOULD. WHAT ARE WE CONVERTING THIS TO? COMMERCIAL LIMITED. COMMERCIAL LIMITED COMMERCIAL. YES, SIR. OKAY. IT NEEDS TO STAY LIMITED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTIONS CARRIED. ALRIGHT. AND GIVE ME TIME TO GET TO THE NEXT ONE. OUR NEXT ONE IS DUSTY AUTOMOTIVES ON WEST POINT, WHICH IS 2913 WEST POINT ROAD. HIS WAS ACTUALLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL PRIOR TO AUGUST 1ST, AND THEN SOME REASON GOT ZONED TO SUR. THAT USE HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL. WHAT IS SUR SUBURBAN MEDIUM DENSITY. IS THAT A RESIDENTIAL? RESIDENTIAL? YES, SIR. SO EVERYTHING AROUND HIM IS IS ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL. BUT SINCE HE'S BEEN THAT HE'S BEEN OPERATING THERE, THIS PLACE HAS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. WAS THAT ROCK HOUSE OR IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROCK? WELL, NO, I THINK IT WAS SOME METAL BUILDING. YEAH. THERE'S A CREEK IN THE BACK. AND WE HAD THE APPLICATION FOR SOMEBODY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT'S ANOTHER BILL. OH, YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, YEAH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. WHAT'S IN THERE NOW.

AND DUSTY'S AUTOMOTIVE. OKAY. FOR YEARS. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. BEFOREHAND THAT WAS A BODY SHOP.

YEAH. SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST CORRECTING ERRORS. YES, SIR. YEAH, JUST A COMMERCIAL MOTION.

WE APPROVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. AND THE LAST ONE ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE REZONINGS WOULD BE THE OTHER ONE ON WEST POINT ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE 3176. AND THE LARGER PORTION THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ADDRESS. OH, IS IT 3190, 3190 WEST POINT ROAD PRIOR TO.

IN THE 1990S? IT WAS REZONED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AND THE USE WAS FOR A JUNKYARD THAT NEVER THAT NEVER HAPPENED. AND THE PARCEL, WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT BY MR. PORTER WAS STILL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE CHANGED BACK FROM THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL THAT IS

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ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW TO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE INTENT TO USE THIS PARCEL IS A PARKING AREA FOR HIS WORK TRUCKS. IS THAT ALL HE'S GOING TO DO IS PARK HIS WORK TRUCK AND AN OFFICE. AN OFFICE IN THE BUILDING. THE REMAINING BUILDING ON THERE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THERE'S A AREA THAT REALLY HAVE FLOOD ON IT, FLOOD AREA THAT IS REALLY NOT. YOU CANNOT DEVELOP OR CAN BE DEVELOPED WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL INPUT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WHAT IS ON THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A HOUSE ON THERE AND I THINK THERE'S TWO HOUSES, ONE ON THE BIG ONE AND ONE ON THE SMALL ONE. HE'LL BE REMOVING THE ONE ON THE BIG PARCEL, I THINK. IS THIS RIGHT PAST SOUTHERN CARTS? YES, YES. OKAY. YEAH. HAS IT GOT THE OLD GYM ON.

IT HAS NOTHING ON IT. NO. IT'S JUST. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S PAST THE GYM IS THE GYM IS RIGHT NEXT TO US, RIGHT BEFORE THE GYM. SO IT'S BETWEEN THE GYM AND SOUTHERN COURTS. YES, YES, THAT'S IN THERE NOW. OKAY. SOUTHERN CARTS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE GYM DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND LIGHT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA.

ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO WHAT KIND OF TRUCKS IS HE GOING TO PARK IN HERE? HE'S A WORK TRUCKS LIKE THE DUMPSTERS, I THINK. SO. OKAY, I GUESS YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PUSH THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE OUT WITH ALL THAT NOISE? WELL, IF YOU PUT CAN YOU PUT THE ZONING ON? MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL IS ACROSS THE STREET AND A LOT OF COMMERCIAL. IT'S ON THAT SAME CORRIDOR AS HIM. OKAY. HAS THIS BEEN NOTICED? WE HAVE NOTIFIED HIM. HE'S HE'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT BROUGHT IT UP TO US WHEN HE CAME IN TO DISCUSS HIS PROJECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I DIDN'T ASK FOR A MOTION. NO, NOT WITHOUT ME ASKING FOR ONE. THERE YOU GO. YOU COME BACK AND Y'ALL GO TO FIGHTING AGAIN. I KNOW, BUT I'LL LET YOU SLIDE. OH, I GOTTA STRAIGHTEN YOU OUT. I MEAN, I WANT A MOTION. I MAY WANT TO KILL HIM AS CHAIRMAN, BUT WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES.

[V.B.2. Text Amendment - Final Draft - Industrial Uses 1st Reading - Vote Eligible ]

OKAY. THE LAST ONE ON THE AGENDA IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT. THIS DOCUMENT WAS WE WERE ASKED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO DO RESEARCH ON BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CREATE AN ORDINANCE TO ADD TO THE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE. SO BETWEEN THE STAFF AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WE CAME UP WITH THIS DOCUMENT. IT. IT ADDRESSES. IT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES WHAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO PRIOR TO.

BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR A SITE PLAN. SO WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES. ONE WHERE IT WILL BE A LIGHTER INDUSTRIAL, A LIGHTER USE. AND THERE'S IT'S REALLY SMALL SUPPLIERS WITH A SITE PLAN, TOPOGRAPHY, ALL OF THAT TO. SO TO SHOW US WHAT THE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THAT SITE. THEN AS IT CONTINUES TO. THE HIGH INTENSITY USE, THERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUPPLY US WITH, WHICH WOULD BE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS. AIR QUALITY, HIGH RISK ASSESSMENT, NO NOISE IMPACT ANALYSIS. AND THEN WE GO DOWN TO THE PERMIT AND APPLICATIONS. WE HAVE DIRECTIONS ON THERE HOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THOSE. NOTICES TO THE PUBLIC. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO NOTICE, TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ON THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN PROVIDING US WITH COMMUNITY LIAISON. ALSO CONSTRUCTION,

[00:20:04]

OPERATIONAL, OPERATIONAL NOTIFICATIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THERE'S COMMUNITY IMPACT MITIGATION AGREEMENT THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO SIGN WITH THE COUNTY PRIOR TO ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND AS YOU GO DOWN IN THE LAST SECTION IS WE DO AND. WE DELINEATE COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT. THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL USE. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATION ACTUALLY BREAK IT DOWN FURTHER AS TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND REALLY DIG IN DEEPER INTO WHAT THEY WILL NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP WITHIN TRUE COUNTY. OKAY, GO BACK AND EXPLAIN THIS TO ME AS I'M A THIRD GRADER, WHICH I AM. OKAY, SO WHAT? ZONING WILL THIS AFFECT? INDUSTRIAL, ALL INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ZONINGS WE HAVE ON GROUND THAT THIS WILL AFFECT. SO WHERE DOES THIS HIGH INTENSITY USE PACKET? PAGE 49. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THAT? ANY TYPE OF MANUFACTURING. THE. YOU CAN HAVE AN INTENSE USE IN MANUFACTURING OR YOU CAN HAVE A LOW INTENSITY USE IN MANUFACTURING. AND THAT WOULD BE EITHER ON EITHER TYPE OF OF. ON EITHER ONE OF THOSE ZONINGS.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S APPROVED IN THOSE ZONINGS. MOSTLY THE LIGHTER USES ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THE HEAVIER USES ARE IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. SO. IS THERE A DEFINITION OF HIGH INTENSITY USE OR DOES THAT JUST DECIDED BY. IT SHOULD BE. AND THE DEFINITION SHOULD BE IN THE.

THERE IS. OKAY, HE'S GOT IT UP. YES, YES IT IS IN THIS ONE. OKAY. AND THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE DEFINITIONS. MY. WHAT PAGE IS THAT ON? THAT IS PAGE 54. OH IS IT. YEAH. PAGE 5454. ALL RIGHT. AND SO ARE YOU AWARE THAT WE HAVE WE DO HAVE PERMITTED. AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE THAT WILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE FROM THE BOARD. DO WE HAVE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS ALREADY OR IS THAT JUST ANTICIPATED BY THIS. WE HAVE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS ALREADY. IN THE LAST ORDINANCE, THE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE THERE'S A DEFINITION FOR SENSITIVE RECEPTORS. IS THIS CHANGE BEING BROUGHT ABOUT BECAUSE OF DATA CENTERS PRIMARILY. YES. YES.

OKAY. MR. GO AHEAD. THIS WAS THE LAST STEP PER SE, SANDY, THAT THE WHOLE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE CAME THROUGH AND REGULATING THE DATA CENTERS AND DEFINING THEM ALL AND WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE REQUIRED TO PUT IN, LIKE BUFFERS AND EVERYTHING THAT THE LAST STEP OF IT WAS THIS, BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY JUST TO THEM, RIGHT? YEAH. THE INDUSTRIAL HIGH INTENSITY USE THAT COULD REALLY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. RIGHT. FORTUNATELY, IT ALL GETS NULL AND VOID WHEN THE CITY ANNEXES BECAUSE THE COUNTY WON'T FIGHT. WHY IS ON PAGE 51? WHY IS IT THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MAY REQUIRE. WHY SHOULDN'T IT BE. SHALL REQUIRE THAT THEY ENTER INTO A COMMUNITY IMPACT MITIGATION AGREEMENT. IT DEPENDS ON THE THE INTENSITY OF THE USE. IT CANNOT BE BROADLY BEEN DESCRIBED AS A HIGH INTENSITY.

SO WHY ISN'T IT OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AND DO THIS HIGH INTENSITY. YOU'RE GOING TO AGREE TO DO THIS IMMEDIATE MITIGATION AGREEMENT. WHY GIVE ANYBODY AN OUT IF IT'S WORTH DOING, IT'S WORTH HAVING TO DO. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT STAFF GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO INITIATE A COMMUNITY IMPACT MITIGATION AGREEMENT, RATHER THAN MAKE THEM DO IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT IF WE CHANGE IT.

BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED. NOT AN OPTION. BUT THEY MAKE THE RULES AT THIS

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POINT. SO UNDER THE DEFINITION OF HIGH INTENSITY YOU LISTED HIGH DEMAND. WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF HIGH DEMAND. THAT WILL BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION FOR ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW AHEAD WHETHER WHAT HIGH DEMAND IS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PERMIT, YOU START YOU'LL HAVE THE DIFFERENT ALL THE INDUSTRIALS THAT CAN AND CAN'T BE THERE. SO THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S PERMITTED. THEN IT'LL GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE ALL THOSE DETERMINATIONS. IF THIS THING SAYS WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY.

ROLE IN THIS AT ALL, WE DON'T THEY DON'T COME IN FRONT OF US FOR ANYTHING. IT GOES FROM YOU ALL DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. THE WAY I READ IT, WE ARE JUST BEING ACED OUT.

WHATEVER ON THIS A SPECIAL USE, ANY SPECIAL USE HAS TO COME THROUGH THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS THE AUTHORITY AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, BUT THE BOARD OF ZONING, ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL USE, ANY TYPE OF REZONING HAS TO COME THROUGH THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND PLANNING COMMISSION PRIOR TO BEING SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. I DIDN'T READ THAT IN HERE THAT WAY. BACK TO MY QUESTION ABOUT. THE MAN.

SEEMS LIKE HE NEEDS TO DEFINE WHAT THE DEMAND IS IS GOING TO TRIGGER. HIGH INTENSITY. OKAY.

SAME WAY WITH HOURS OF OPERATION, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE OPEN ENDED. SO THE DEFINITION OF HIGH INTENSITY USE IS REALLY NOT, IT'S JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.

WELL, EACH USE IN THE PERMITTED CHART HAS THEY OPERATE IF THEY'RE IN THE ALREADY IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ATTACHED TO THEM.

FOR INSTANCE, THE DATA CENTER HAVE ITS HOURS OF OPERATIONS ATTACHED TO IT. THE JUNKYARD HAS THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ATTACHED TO THEIR PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS. THIS IS AN OVERALL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CONSIDERED INDUSTRIAL. I THINK PART OF IT BACK TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT AUSTIN SAID THAT IT WAS.

MAYBE WAS PUT IN AS A LITTLE THING TO GIVE LEEWAY TO LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A DATA CENTER WAS. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE FOR OTHER HIGH INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL USES. AND THEREFORE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING, LEAVE THIS A LITTLE LEEWAY, SOFTER OR A LITTLE BETTER TO GIVE THE COMMISSIONERS TO, TO APPLY WHAT NEEDS TO BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE. IT'S MOVING PRETTY FAST TO, I GUESS, BACK TO. I GUESS IT WAS WHAT ROB SAID, THAT THIS IS THIS THIS IS APPLIED AFTER ANY REZONING, THE REZONING, LIKE IF IT WAS A PARCEL THAT HAD TO GET ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, IT WOULD STILL COME TO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS. AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. IT WOULD STILL COME TO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS. THEN AT THE END, IF IT GOT THE REZONING AND IF IT GOT THE SPECIAL USE, THEN THIS WOULD APPLY TO MOLD THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. SO THE REZONING WOULD STILL COME. SO IT'S NOT SUBVERTING OR GOING LIKE PAST YOU. YOU STILL SEE THE REZONING, YOU STILL SEE THE SPECIAL USE. IT'S THIS IS MORE OF A MOLDING DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE APPROVALS, KIND OF LIKE BUILDING CODES ARE OR FIRE LAWS LIKE SANTA, OKAY, THAT THEY'RE AFTER YOUR APPROVAL IF THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE ZONING CHANGED, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED, THEN. IS IF THEY FOLLOW EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THAT, THEN THIS IS MUTE. NO, KIND OF LIKE OUR OLD UDC, RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH IT WAS COMMERCIAL, YOU HAD THE ZONING, YOU WERE ALREADY COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? YOU'RE ZONED COMMERCIAL AND WE ALREADY HAVE ACCEPTED COMMERCIAL USES. THEN YOU STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH SHDC DEVELOPMENT STANDARD OF CERTAIN BUFFER, CERTAIN FENCES. YES.

AND THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS MORE OF THAT. THIS IS MORE OF THAT PUTTING MORE STANDARDS ON IT. POST APPROVAL. OKAY. AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 47, IT DOES NOTE

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THAT THE SPECIAL USE, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 47, IT SAYS THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE ARE ORGANIZED IN SPECIFIC CATEGORIES TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FROM THE INITIAL APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, IF REQUIRED THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS TO CONSTRUCTION AND THROUGH OPERATIONS. SO IT DOES ADDRESS THE SPECIAL NEED MAY NEED SPECIAL USE. OKAY. I GOT A FEELING TEN YEARS DATA CENTERS ARE GOING TO BE IMMATERIAL.

ELENA'S GOING TO TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, THEY OUGHT TO BE UNDER THE OCEAN WHERE IT'S ALREADY COLD. OR IN ALASKA. WHY AREN'T THESE THINGS BEING BUILT IN ALASKA WHERE IT'S COLD? DO I NEED TO ASK PERMISSION TO MAKE A MOTION? YES. YOU DO KNOW, I WILL SAY, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? HOW WOULD THE BOARD WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.

I DIDN'T ASK IF ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WAS FOR OR AGAINST, BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE I CAN SEE THAT I CAN SEE, AND THERE MAY BE SOME ALIENS OUT THERE THAT I CAN'T SEE. WE DON'T KNOW THOSE REPORTS YET. YEAH, SURE. WE DO HAVE CASES FOR NEXT MONTH. WE DO. WE HAVE, I THINK, ANOTHER VARIANCE. BUT NO, WE DO HAVE CASES FOR NEXT MONTH. YES. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO TAKE US OUT. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY WANT TO GO HOME? MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALRIGHT. SO APPROVED. ALL APPROVED. LET'S GO HOME. THANK YOU.

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