The proposed use shall not undermine the general agricultural character of the district and shall not reduce the likelihood of additional agricultural operations being attracted to locate in the district.

The use shall not generate high levels of vehicular traffic, air pollution, or glare, nor levels of noise and odors that exceed those for the district in general.

The manner, location, and hours of operations and of deliveries to the premises shall be compatible with the daily cycle of active and quiet periods associated with the general practice of agriculture in the district.

Produce stands, subject to the conditions of Part 16.

Storage garages for vehicles used in the operation of the principal use.

Permitted Use.

Conditional Use. Requires a manure management plan and minimum of 25 acres for housing of animals.

Conditional Use: Requires a Manure Management Plan.

All manure management plans shall, at a minimum, follow the guidelines and comply with the criteria set forth in the final regulations of the Pennsylvania Manure Management Act of 1993, and all technical supplements thereto, as revised and amended as of the date the manure management plan is submitted.

The manure management plan shall include provisions for control of runoff, odor, vectors, and other nuisances. When wastes are stored outdoors, waste material shall not be less then 200 feet from any property line, potable water supply, surface water body, stormwater drainage channel, or occupied residential dwelling, excluding the subject property owner's or tenant's residence. Any land application of treatment of wastes shall be done in accordance with accepted practices recommended by the County Conservation District. Such application shall be prohibited on lands exceeding 15% in slope and where bedrock lies less then two feet below the ground surface.

The manure management plan shall include a statement that periodic inspections by Cumberland Township Zoning Officer will be permitted to verify that conditions of the plan have been met and continue to be in compliance.

When the manure management plan includes the use of leased or rented land for disposal of manure, a lease or rental agreement specifically stating that manure disposal is permitted on the leased or rented property shall be included.

Except for composted poultry, disposal of dead animals on all land, including that land intended for manure management, is expressly prohibited. Poultry shall be composted in accordance with a composting plan approved by the County Conservation District; otherwise, dead animals must be disposed of by rendering.

Protect and stabilize general agriculture as an ongoing economic activity in Cumberland Township by encouraging those land uses and activities which are agricultural in nature or act in direct support thereof.

Discourage development from occurring on productive farm lands and productive agricultural soils.

Protect agriculture from incompatible uses that may also interfere with normal and customary agricultural practices.

Minimize the amount of land consumed for non-agricultural purposes by encouraging non-agricultural development to occur on small parcels.

Retain the expansive, open farmlands of the Cumberland Township countryside that strongly contribute to the rural beauty of the central portion of Adams County and provide an appropriate context for the Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site.

Upon each parcel as it existed on January 1, 2003, there shall be permitted the following number of dwelling units, including those existing on January 1, 2003:

Each such additional dwelling shall be located upon a separate and approved lot whether intended for transfer of title or not. Such additional lots shall meet all the requirements of this chapter and the Cumberland Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22].

Lots for the location of single family dwellings and the access drives or driveways providing access thereto, shall consist in their entirety of land included within the soil capability classes III, IV, V, VI, VII, or VIII as classified by the Soil Survey of Adams County, issued May, 1967; provided, however, that lots may include minor isolated areas of higher quality soils that cumulatively do not exceed 20% of the lot.

In cases where the requirements of this section that require that all lots for the location of single family dwellings be located on land with soil capability classes III, IV, V, VI, VII, or VIII serve to preclude the utilization of a parcel's entire allocation of dwellings, such allocation may not be fully utilized, with the exception that dwelling units, including those existing on January 1, 2003, will be permitted on a parcel as it existed on January 1, 2003, as follows:

In all cases, residential lots shall be located on the least agriculturally productive land feasible so as to minimize interference with agricultural use of the land and so as to minimize likely adverse impact from agricultural activities, including runoff, odor, noise, and spray drift from adjacent farms.

If a new dwelling is proposed to be located on a tract that is not already improved with a dwelling, that dwelling must be located on the least agriculturally productive land feasible, so as to minimize interference with agriculture production and so as to minimize likely adverse impact from agricultural activities including runoff, odor, dust, noise, and spray drift from adjoining farms.

The applicant for residential development shall have the burden of proving that the land he seeks to utilize as a lot for the location of a single-family dwelling meets the criteria set forth in this section. Any land owner who disagrees with the classification of his land or any part of it by the Soil Survey of Adams County, issued May 1967, may submit an engineering analysis of the soils on the portion of the land that he seeks to have reclassified and if the Township finds his study valid, then the Township copy of the relevant map sheet from the Soil Survey of Adams County shall be altered to reflect the results of such analysis.

The provisions of this section shall apply exclusively to parcels of land legally existing on January 1, 2003. Regardless of size, no lot subsequently subdivided from its parcel shall qualify for additional single-family detached dwellings pursuant to this section. Similarly, any subsequent owner of any parcel of land legally existing on January 1, 2003, shall be bound by the actions of previous owners in that such current owner may subdivide for purposes of additional single family dwellings only that number of lots, if any, remaining from the original number permitted by this section.

The entire area being separated from the original tract is land of lower soil capability units as defined in Subsection 4.

There is being separated from the original tract no more than one acre for each dwelling unit assigned to the tract undergoing subdivision, excepting that this stipulation shall not prevent approval of a larger area where necessary in order to provide suitable locations for each of the dwelling units assigned to the tract undergoing subdivision, including providing with each of the dwelling units a well, a driveway, an on-site sewage disposal system, a sewage reserve area, and any required storm water management facilities or other required improvements.

All of the contiguous land (for this purpose, land shall be considered contiguous even if separated by public or private roads and/or by the presence of lots subdivided from the original parcel since January 1, 2003) owned by the applicant seeking to divide land, excluding that approved in the tract's quota of dwelling unit lots pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 4, shall be divided into or among two or more "tracts," each of which will, after transfer, contain at least 50 acres of crop land.

Any new division line being created between the two "tracts" shall be agriculturally reasonable and shall not be as to render the agricultural use of the tracts less efficient, i.e., under normal circumstances fields and contour strips will not be split.

Any tracts transferred to another tract pursuant to this section shall be effectively merged with such tract and shall not subsequently be separated therefrom.

The tract of contiguous land owned by the applicant (for this purpose land shall be considered contiguous even if separated by public or private roads and/or by the presence of lots subdivided from the original parcel since January 1, 2003) consists of less than 50 acres and land is proposed to be transferred to another tract which will after such transfer be at least as large as and contain at least as much crop land as the applicant's tract prior to such transfer.

The new division line shall be agriculturally reasonable and shall not be so as to render the agricultural use of the tract less efficient, i.e., under normal circumstances fields and contour strips will not be split.

Any tract transferred to another tract pursuant to this section shall be effectively merged with such tract and shall not subsequently be separated therefrom.

The land transferred pursuant to this section shall not subsequently be separated from the tract to which it is transferred.

Each submission for subdivision approval must contain an assignment, both to the land being separated from the original tract and the remaining portion of the original tract, at least one of the original tract's permitted allocation of dwellings permitted by Subsection 4 unless the land being separated from the original tract is being permanently joined to an adjacent tract that either contains an existing dwelling or has allocated to it the right to construct at least one dwelling.

A property owner submitting a subdivision plan will be required to specify on his plan which lot or lots shall carry with them the right to erect dwellings pursuant to Subsection 4. Such plan shall also contain such information as is necessary to enable the Board of Supervisors to determine whether or not the requirements set forth in this Part and in other Parts of this chapter will be met. No lot or parcel may be subdivided or separated from the original tract without such plan having been approved by the Board of Supervisors.

Existing buildings shall not be separated from the original parcel unless it is determined that they have no functional utility in connection with the agricultural use of the original tract.

The area, shape, and dimensions of the property and the size and location of all existing buildings.

Land under active cultivation, land used as pasture, and forested land or land within woodlots.

Soil information for the tract, including soil series and soil capability class, subclass, and unit, as classified within the Soil Survey of Adams County, Pennsylvania and Agricultural Handbook 210 of the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service.

The area, shape, dimension, location, and use of all proposed lots. The applicant shall demonstrate that the following location and design considerations have been fully addressed: