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City Council Minutes October 25 , 1982 Page Two informed Mr. Specht that a hobby farm or part-time farm would not meet the test of the requirements in the ordinance, inasmuch as the principal income of the owner would be derived from work away from the farm. There being no other persons present to address the question, Mayor Hinkle declared the public hearing closed. Councilman Duitsman asked the City Administrator what the Planning Commission had recommended as a definition for immediate family in Section 2, Sub. H(i). The City Administrator indicated that immediate family was to be defined as the farm operator's children, father, mother, brother, sister, or ward. Councilman Toth asked if grandparents should be included in the definition of immediate family. The City Administrator indicated that grandparents were not included within the definition of immediate family. It was the consensus of the City Council that grandparents should not be added to the definition of immediate familiy. Councilman Toth also asked whether or not step children would be included in the definition of immediate family and it was the Council's consensus that while not within the definition as proposed, step children should be added to the definition of immediate family. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN MOVED APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 82-9, AMENDING SECTION 900.16 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "CONDITIONAL USES" AND SECTION 900.20 TITLED "GENERAL REGULATIONS", SUB. 4 TITLED "ACCESSORY BUILDINGS" WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT STEP CHILDREN WOULD BE ADDED TO THE DEFINITION OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. During discussion on the previous motion, Councilman Schuldt expressed his con- cern about the absence of a definite time period for the use of temporary mobile homes as outlined in the ordinance. Planning Commissioner Estelle Gunkel informed Councilman Schuldt that the elimination of the language specifying a definite time period wasintentibnfrlydone by the Planning Commission to make the Ordinance slightly more flexible in practice. Councilman Schuldt also expressed his con- cern about the use of the term "farm operator" within Ordinance 82-9, instead of the term "farm owner". Councilman Schuldt indicated that to have a farm operator rather than a farm owner eligible for a temporary residence would not be con- sistent with supporting a family farm concept, inasmuch as leased operations would be eligible for a temporary residence provision. Mayor Hinkle pointed out that in many portions of the country, leased farms are a way of life and many family farm utilize exclusively leased property. Mayor Hinkle indicated his support for the term farm operator instead of farm owner so that leased operations would not be excluded from the provisions of Ordinance 82-9. It was the general consensus of the Council to support Mayor Hinkle's comments and also an expression that corporate farming operations should not be supported by the provisions of this ordinance, inasmuch as the ordinance was intended to support family farm operations. Mayor Hinkle called for a vote on the motion. THE MOTION PASSED 4-1. COUNCILMAN SCHULDT OPPOSED.