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Zoning regulations satisfied
Doug Baumgardner, the Sharps’ attorney, countered that the county’s zoning and subdivision ordinances set out minimum lot size and permitted uses for each zoning district. The minimum lot size in an agricultural district is 25 acres; migrant housing is a special permitted use listed for that district. “Presumably, the minimum lot size is appropriate for the uses delineated in that district,” Mr. Baumgardner argued.
The three divisions - made for family transfers — were lawful divisions, approved by the county’s agent, he continued. “The Sharps were never advised that the divisions could be detrimental in any way to the continuance of their agricultural enterprise.”
In a letter read into the record by BZA Chairman Lee Bird, George and Sally Sharp replied to the Gorfeins’ accusations that “ulterior motives underlie (their) personal family arrangements.” The three land divisions
“We will have to
apply for a new
special use permit
... We feel right
now that the
conditions as
clarified are too
restrictive.”
-Alex Sharp
and the establishment of a family trust to hold title to various parcels of Mountain Green Farm were steps taken to provide for the care of their permanently disabled daughter in case of their deaths, Mrs. Sharp explained in her letter to the BZA.
The BZA members agreed that the size of the farm and the access to the labor camp were discussed at the public hearing on the permit two years ago, but that neither had been made a condition of the permit. “We may - uar-ii 1 7re ‘rriMtvr* hffc A*fnn
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