text:  I can't imagine some farmer with a two-acre pumpkin patch needing to file a zoning certificate and have to renew it annually because they have 20 kids come out every weekend in September and October. It just doesn't make sense to me. The regulations on fire pits and fruit and vegetable cannons say they must not be located within 500 feet of a residential property line. Brad Seitz has a farm along Creekerstown Road in Thurmont.