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Council adopts agribusiness (agritourism) zoning amendment with noise and parking controls
Summary
The City Council approved an ordinance allowing agribusiness/agritourism as an interim use in the rural residential district with performance standards on parcel size, parking, amplified sound, hours and lighting; council amended rules so music events require council approval and allowed gravel parking with city engineer approval.
Corcoran — The City Council on Monday adopted a zoning ordinance amendment to allow agribusiness and agrotourism uses in the rural residential district, approving performance standards and an interim-use process after council members tightened noise and parking provisions.
Planning staff presented the ordinance as a response to a specific request by property owners (Margaret and John Fernandez) who want to operate a wine-tasting room at 23020 County Road 30. Planning staff said existing code did not accommodate the proposed operation under conditional home-occupation or event-center categories.
The draft ordinance defines agribusiness/agrotourism as linking agricultural production or processing with tourism to…
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