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Seeing no support for his amendment, however, Mr. Baumgardner returned to the nine months restriction on occupancy of migrant housing. “Flexibility,” he said, “is inherent in any zoning ordinance . . . By limiting the use of a structure to nine months of the year, you’re denying the landowner flexibility, you’re denying the county flexibility.” He suggested, instead, that any restrictions be on a case-by-case basis, applied as part of the permitting process.
“There’s more and more summer pruning,” with newer fruit varieties, reported George Sharp, owner of Mountain Green Orchard, a pickyour-own operation outside Washington. “It goes with the denser orchards.”
“My Mexicans moved out November 1 (after harvesting), and I have more coming in this week (to begin pruning),” said Charles Foster of Flint Hill’s Foster Brothers Orchards. “Due to the weather and all, you’re pruning until spring ... We have to have help any time we can get it - 12 months of the year . . . We can’t get local help to do anything. Welfare takes care of them!”
“You’ve got to consider the peach growers, too,” added Washington orchardist Alice Wood. “They thin in the spring and pick through the summer.”
“Farmers who deal with a perishable commodity are very, very dependent on a labor supply,” Roseanne Sharp noted.
“If somebody in the farming business needs help year round, what are the restrictions on building a house for a laborer to live in all year?” asked Sharon Kilpatrick.
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