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From: Kim Horne Finailto:mhorneCcbmindspring.comI
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 3:56 PM
To; Burt Hewitt; Joe Lockwood; Karen Thurman; Bill Lusk; Julie Zahner-Bailey; Alan Tart; Joe Longoria; Lynn Tully; Chris
Lagerbloom
Subject: Request for DENIAL of amendments of Chapter 64- Landscaping business
Dear Mayor, City Council and Staff, I would like to respectfully submit this email for your consideration as I am not able
to make the meeting this evening and wanted to share my thoughts and concerns with you over the landscaping item
agenda this evening.
To approve the recommended amendments of Chapter 64, City of Milton Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to Landscape
Business Use Permit and Definition.
RZ10-06 — To Amend the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance, Section 64-9820,
Landscaping Business, Plant Nursery or Garden Center with Indoor Retail
Component.
RZIO-08 — To Amend the City of Milton Zoning Ordinance, Section 64-1,
Definition for Landscaping Business.
My concern is that a landscaping business should be on C-1, C-2 or LI zoned property. A landscaping business without
the pure horticulture or agriculture element is a business and should be on approximately zoned land. I have spoken with
staff at both City of Alpharetta and the City of Roswell and neither allow landscaping businesses on AG -1 land, why would
Milton approve the amendment to Chapter 64 that would allow non agricultural businesses on AG -1 land?
Additional concerns with the amendments are:
This draft ordinance makes it very clear that the definition of a landscaping business is not involved with horticulture or
agriculture - Landscape business means a business that provides services in locations away from the landscape business
operator's property. While most of the actual landscape activity occurs off site, the business owner's property may be
approved for equipment storage, parking, material storage and a building or buildings for storage and plant propagation.
Landscape businesses typically include activities as: lawn installation; mowing and maintenance; fertilization and/or
insecticide treatment; the planting and maintenance of trees; shrubs and flowers; tree and stump removal; the spreading
and grading of top soil, mulch or other ground covers; the installation of stone; brick and block walkways and stonewalls
and the temporary storage of plant trimmings. Both Alpharetta and Roswell were very clear that when there is storage of
landscape materials that the permitted zoning is C-2 or 1-1 (light industrial).
The draft ordinance indicates hours of operation — 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., currently the approved hours of
operation are 6:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m.. Such businesses should be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m..
The draft language limits the number of employee vehicles to six, but does not limit the company's vehicles. In
other words, they could have as many industrial/commercial vehicles as they want. As well item #6 states that
the landscaping business vehicles being garaged or screened but does not limit the number of business vehicles.
request you DENY the amendments to Chapter 64, City of Milton Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to Landscape
'1 Business Use Permit and Definition
Thanks for your consideration. Kim