Submitted by: Sandra Tripp-Jones, City Manager LJ Prepared and Date: February 26, 2018 Council Agenda Report Date: 02/26/2018 livestock on this property are land use questions. They should be discussed and considered by Planning Commission not only as precedent to those uses on other properties but also as they a Resource Conservation zone. Rezoning and ordinance changes to allow farming and raising 3. Re agriculture and livestock: Subject property is currently zoned residential and is adjacent to permit is needed and would not need City Council approval. 2. Re construction of a house on property zoned for Resource Conservation: only a building Hyde already. Staff see no difficulty with approving this request. approval of well and septic is an administrative matter. Mr. Mandel has met with George I. Re well and septic: Because there are no public service utilities available to the property, discussion of the issues as more time is needed to do so. Note that the various steps cannot be completed in 60 days. in hand prior to exercising his contract to purchase. The following is not a comprehensive Mr. Marc Mandel is a prospective buyer of subject property and wishes to have these approvals Discussion: C. Deny request for approval of discharge of firearms on subject property. Conservation Zoning District to Planning Commission for discussion; and for Uniform Development Code amendment permitting livestock in a Resource B. Refer request for a rezoning from Residential to Resource Conservation Zone and request needed); A. Refer request for well and sewer to staff for administrative review (Council approval not Recommendation: That Council: Construction of a residence; and Council: services on subject property; 0093 located on Highway 343 ad] aceni to the Canvasback townhomes development, that City Approve use of well and septic systems in lieu of hook up to City water and sewer Approve rezoning to allow agricultural use, including organic farming, grass fed cattle, free-range chickens, horses, vegetables, fruit, and crops; Hunting for personal use (discharging firearms). SUBJECT: Request from Mr. Marc Mandel, prospective buyer of Map 0030 parcels 0083 and Agenda Item No. 2
is not necessary. If Planning Commission and Council were to approve changes allowing recommendations to City Council. If not, then referring the request to Planning Commission this location, it is appropriate to ask Planning Commission to look at it in more depth and make Staff will be available at the Council to answer questions. not applicable here. constitute a precedent for Council approval of discharging firearms in the City, which is hunting in this area or anywhere in the City. The occasional approval for skeet shooting at the currently prohibited under Section 12-18 of the City Code except in certain limited situations Hyatt are specific requests presented to City Council for specific occasions. They do not 4. Re personal hunting (discharging firearms): Staff does not recommend allowing personal rezoning and livestock raising on this property, it would likely require approval of a Special Exception to set forth conditions. The actual property owner would have to apply for the rezoning and for a Special Exception with public hearings involved. pertain to this particular location which is adjacent to intense residential development. If Council is willing to entertain zoning and other ordinance changes that will allow such uses in
City of Cambridge, City Manager Honorable Sandra Tripp-Joncs Via Final! strippiones@choosecambridge.com 410-365-5203 Centreville, Maryland 21617 105 Browning Lane lipage build a home; (2) approval of agricultural use of the property to include grass fed cattle, free range chickens, horses, vegetables, fruit, and crops, (3) hunting for personal use. given the property is over 100 acres and borders the County for (1) approval of well and septic to Allow the property to be downzoned to Rural Conservation and granting special exceptions and they are familiar with our intended use of the property. I also submitted an application for a uses by amending the City Charter to: Yesterday, 1 met with Ms. Pat Eseher, City Planner, and George Hyde, City Engineer, at DPW PERC Lest to Dorchester County yesterday as well. We only have 60 days to complete our due diligence. Specifically, we are requesting that the City Council consider approving the foregoing County neighbor, so hopefully that helps. and schools). Another exception could be as permitted by DNR under crop damage permits. We have visited the property over the last two weekends and could hear firearms being used by our Ordinance that prohibits the discharge of firearms within the City limits. We are respectfully requesting the same consideration. Perhaps hunting could be allowed provided that there is no hunting in an easterly direction (thereby mandating Facing away from the housing development It is our understanding that exceptions have been granted by the Council to the City (2) agricultural use of the property to include the purposes listed above; and. (1) approval of well and septic to build a home; (3) hunting for personal use attached a picture showing the approximate location (roughly 3200 ft. south of RT 343) and the and plan to usc it as an organic farm to include grass fed cattle, a few free-range chickens, MAP 0030C, PARCELS 0082 and 0093. We intend on naming the farm Cambridgc Farms the following: horses, vegetables, fruit, and crops. We would also like to build our home there and have zoning map. We have made the contract contingent upon receiving approval from the City for My wife, Caroline, and I have entered into a contract for the purchase of the farm identified as the agenda and to appear at the next meeting of the Cambridge City Council. Thank you for your email earlier today. Please accept this letter as the request to be placed on Re: Cambridge Farms Cambridge, MD 21613 410 Academy Street February 21, 2018
impounding, keeping, sale and redemption of such animals when found in Sec 3-27-38 Livestock. To regulate and prohibit the running at large of cattle, - horses, swine, fowl. sheep, goats. dogs or other animals; to authorize the 410-365-5203 Centreville, Maryland 21617 105 Browning Lane infraction, the fine for which shall be Si 00.00, Any person violating this section may be deemed to be guity of an (c) discharge of firearms. (proposed language emphasized). that border the countj and are at least 100 acres and approved for the As,i special avceptions.eranted for properties zoned Rural consenation (3,) home. The discharge of a firearm for the purpose of self-defense within the owner s (2) purposes, or to the abatement of nuisances when the city police department Supervised pyrotechnic displays, to the discharge of cannons for ceremonial supervised, and the city council approves such activity; or determines such act to be necessary or causes the same to be actively (1) Exemptions. This provision, however, shall not apply to: (b) dart gun or any other firearm within the corporate limits of the city, unless otherwise permitted by exemption set forth in subsection (b) hereof. No person shall discharge any cannon, gun, rifle, pistol: pellet gun, bb-gun, (a).0 Sec. 1Z-18. - Weapons Discharge of firearms. as ire/i as other at ricullural uses approved by planning and zoning. (proposed Ia,.euate emphasized). and are at least 100 acres for agricultural use of the property to include grass fed cattle, free-range chickens, horses, vegetables, fruit, and crops eran ted /1w properties zoned Rural conservation that border the County violation of the ordinance in such cases provided. Special avceptwnc 1na he Charter: We respectfully request the City Council to consider amcnding the following scctions of the 2)Pige
firearm for the purpose of the self-defense within the home. 410-365-5203 Centreville, Maryland 21617 105 Browning Lane 3Pagc Sincerely, and consideration. Please let me know if I can provide additional information. Thank you veiy much for your time Council or planning and zoning. Finally, we are requesting approval for the use of well and septic to build our home on the property, however we are not sure whether this is something that should be presented to the City Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or restrict the legal pos5ession of a firearm within the city, or the reasonable discharge of the (d)
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