07-22-2014, 03:34 AM
Leilani quote:
"Farmers can qualify for agriculture tourism permits as long as 50% of their gross revenues come from farm activities i.e. the food they grow and sell.
If there is an enforcement provision for the above, what is the problem?
No one on a 1/4 acre "farm" can produce enough food to have more than about 1 visitor per day buying other merchandise, could they?"
Leilani, the idea of the code as it stands now is that the tourism operation is complimentary and supplementary to the farm operation not primary and we should keep it that way IMO. There is enforcement in terms of site inspection and use of taxes as proof for major agricultural tourism operations yet there is no requirement for a minor agricultural tourism operation in terms of revenues from the farm vs.store. And no site inspections or plan approvals for minor. So there can be an organization or an individual who could represent themselves as a farmer or an agricultural endeavor but they are really trying to use the code to open up a store in the neighborhood and grow very little or just what they need to get over. This is not fair to the genuine farmer or the established agricultural tourism businesses already in place.
"Farmers can qualify for agriculture tourism permits as long as 50% of their gross revenues come from farm activities i.e. the food they grow and sell.
If there is an enforcement provision for the above, what is the problem?
No one on a 1/4 acre "farm" can produce enough food to have more than about 1 visitor per day buying other merchandise, could they?"
Leilani, the idea of the code as it stands now is that the tourism operation is complimentary and supplementary to the farm operation not primary and we should keep it that way IMO. There is enforcement in terms of site inspection and use of taxes as proof for major agricultural tourism operations yet there is no requirement for a minor agricultural tourism operation in terms of revenues from the farm vs.store. And no site inspections or plan approvals for minor. So there can be an organization or an individual who could represent themselves as a farmer or an agricultural endeavor but they are really trying to use the code to open up a store in the neighborhood and grow very little or just what they need to get over. This is not fair to the genuine farmer or the established agricultural tourism businesses already in place.