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limit to 14 the number of people who may participate in religious services.
• make the permit personal to the applicants.
• limit services to weekends and holidays only.
• set noise limits, as measured at the boundary line, to 60 decibels, the normal conversational level.
• prohibit services being held within 100 feet of the property’s boundary lines.
• require that pine seedlings be planted as screening along portions of the boundary lines.
• stipulate that the Chapmans must apply to have the major portion of the farm included in the existing Haskell Agricultural and Forestal District.
• prohibit the construction of additional buildings for the retreat house.
• define weekend as beginning at 6 p.m. on Fridays and extending through 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Phil Irwin, the single speaker at the public hearing, supported issuance of the special exception permit, calling the retreat house “an adaptive use” and the Chapmans “good neighbors.” , Administrative assistant John McCarthy emphasized that the conditions were submitted by the permit applicants. “They were not required, but they are agreed to by this body.”
Supervisor Newbill Miller abstained from the vote, citing conflict of interest since he owns property adjoining Greenfield Farm.
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