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County flags building-code, public-health and market impacts in discussion of farm-store bill
Summary
County staff and commissioners put HB4153 (farm store bill) on watch pending clarification of building-code, fire/life-safety, and environmental health inspection requirements; staff were assigned to monitor dash-2 amendments and follow up with drafters and AOC.
County staff briefed the board on HB4153, a bill to clarify limited retail operations and events on working farms, and commissioners directed staff to monitor the measure while they kept the county’s position at 'watch.'
Doug, county legislative staff, said the bill would permit limited retail operations on farms so long as retail activity uses no more than 25% of property and 75% remains in active farming; a dash-2 amendment would explicitly allow events such as pumpkin patches and sleigh rides. Proponents told the committee the measure aims to remove uncertainty that…
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