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07.15.2024 Mon PM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Definition of airports and airstrips discussed; both will be allowed on R20 designations under conditional use permit instead of just airstrips, to allow for commercial spraying or freight hauling
Congressional candidate Tiffany Smiley makes campaing stop
Commissioners recommend petroleum plants and propane/natural gas storagebe allowed on R20s only as conditional use
Density for multi-family dwellings determined on case-by-case basis by Public Health
Conditional use recommended on R160s for cement, lime and gypsum plants, carbonate plants, nightly rentals
Portable sawmills should be conditional, not permitted use, says Cmm’r Branch, farms added back into neighborhood commercial category, lot coverage discussed
Noxious Weeds chief signals thistle on co. property: Grainger Building, Spring Coulee and fairgrounds, gets go-ahead to act fast; shortage of commercial applicators; last year’s milfoil treatment cut Osoyoos levels by more than half, preparations started for this year’s; Bonapart awaiting funding for treatment, Leader Lake more clogged up than ever