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Commission questions Larkin Meadows wholesale nursery, ag-exemption and bathroom addition in residential zone
Summary
Hooper commissioners spent the March 13 work meeting debating whether Tyler Larkin’s Larkin Meadows operation qualifies for an agricultural exemption and whether a proposed bathroom and office in a greenhouse/structure conflict with the prior conditional use permit and zoning.
At a March 13 Hooper City Planning Commission work meeting, commissioners and staff flagged potential noncompliance at Larkin Meadows, a proposed wholesale nursery, and asked the applicant to seek a revision to permits or clarify how the operation fits within code definitions.
Why it matters: The applicant’s website and materials describe a wholesale nursery selling ornamental plants to wholesalers and contractors. Wholesale nursery activity is not listed as an allowed use in R‑1 residential zones under staff guidance; retail nursery uses can be allowed after a conditional-use review. Commissioners said that adding an office and restroom to a structure the applicant previously described as agricultural would contradict the terms of the earlier agricultural exemption and the conditional-use…
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