Agricultural use types include the on-site production of plant and animal products by agricultural methods. They also include certain uses accessory to the above specified in Chapter 20.164, Accessory Use Regulations.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Horticulture" means premises devoted to horticultural and floracultural specialties such as flowers, shrubs, and trees intended for ornamental or landscaping purposes. Typical uses include wholesale/retail nurseries limited to the sale of horticulture and horticulture specialties grown on site and in green houses.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Row and field crops" means premises devoted to the cultivation for sale of agricultural products grown in regular or scattered patterns such as vines, field, forage and other plant crops intended to provide food or fibers.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Tree crops" means premises devoted to the cultivation for sale at wholesale of tree-grown agricultural products such as pears, apples, walnuts and Christmas trees but excluding other forestry products.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Animal raising—general agriculture" means the raising of crops or livestock on parcels greater than forty thousand (40,000) square feet or zoned A-G, R-L, U-R, F-L or TPZ and shall include:

(A)

Grazing of livestock and feeding and caring incidental thereof;

(B)

Animal husbandry including, without limitation, the breeding and raising of cattle, sheep, horses, goats, pigs, rabbits, and poultry, including egg production;

(C)

Sale of agricultural products grown, raised, or produced on the premises;

(D)

4-H, FFA or similar projects shall be permitted in all zoning districts.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Animal raising—personal" means the raising of hen chickens or rabbits for personal use on parcels forty thousand (40,000) square feet or less in size in accordance with the following criteria:

(A)

No more than six (6) of any one (1) or combination of such animals on the lot;

(B)

Maintained in coops or pens located at a distance of fifty (50) feet or more from buildings used for human habitation;

(C)

Coops or pens shall be located only on the rear one-third (⅓) of the lot;

(D)

Coops or pens shall be located no closer than five (5) feet from the side or rear property line.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Animal waste processing" means processing of animal waste and byproducts, including but not limited to animal manure, animal bedding waste, and similar byproducts of an animal raising agricultural operation, for use as a commercial fertilizer or soil amendment and including composting operations.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987)

"Packing and processing" means packing or processing of agricultural crops, animals and their byproducts which entails more than picking, cutting, sorting and boxing or crating, but does not include rendering, tanning, or reduction of meat. The following are packing and processing use types:

(A)

Packing and Processing—Limited. Packing or processing of crops grown on the premises;

(B)

Packing and Processing—Winery. Crushing of grapes and fermentation, storage, and bottling of wine from grapes grown on or off the premises. Said use type also includes tasting rooms in conjunction with a winery and breweries provided said tasting room occupies less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the floor space of the winery;

(C)

Packing and Processing—General. Packing or processing of crops, mineral water, animals or their byproducts regardless of where they were grown or found. Includes mineral water bottling plants;

(D)

Packing and Processing—Commercial Cooperage. Manufacture of wood vessels, such as barrels for storing and maturing wine, beer or other beverages, regardless whether the agricultural products stored are grown on or off the premises if it is established in connection with a winery operation on the premises.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987; Ord. No. 3972 (part), adopted 1997)

"Forest production and processing" refers to the production and byproduct process from growing to milling to sales of forest products. The following are forest production and processing use types:

(A)

Forest Production and Processing—Limited. Refers to the growing, harvesting, curing, milling, packaging, packing, shipping and selling of forest products, produced on the premises.

(B)

Forest Production and Processing—General. Refers to the growing, harvesting, curing, milling, packaging, packing, shipping, and selling of forest products regardless of where they are grown.

(C)

Forest Production and Processing—Commercial Woodlots. Refers to open or closed storage of firewood for wholesale or retail sales, regardless of where the firewood products are produced.

(D)

Forest Production and Processing—Portable Sawmills. Refers to the operation of small portable milling machines for production of rough-sawed lumber subject to the following limitations:

(1)

Logs or other material to be sawed may come from timber produced on the premises or imported from off-site sources;

(2)

Combined horsepower of all engines or motors used in the milling process shall not exceed seventy-five (75);

(3)

Planing or other remanufacturing of lumber shall not be allowed.

(4)

A maximum of three (3) workers/employees including the owner/operator;

(5)

Production shall not exceed three thousand (3,000) board feet in any day or thirty thousand (30,000) board feet in any month;

(6)

Milling machinery shall not be located closer than two hundred (200) feet from the nearest property line;

(7)

Log/lumber storage and similar uses accessory to the milling operation shall not be located closer than fifty (50) feet from the nearest property line;

(8)

All equipment and materials associated with the milling operation shall not be located closer than one hundred (100) feet from any Class I or Class II stream, and shall not be located within a one hundred-year (100-year) flood plain;

(9)

Minimum parcel size shall be ten (10) acres;

(10)

Maximum area encompassed by operation shall not exceed one (1) acre;

(11)

Maximum building area shall not exceed 5,000 square feet if the structure is pre-existing, and that any new building area shall be limited to 2,000 square feet as per cottage industries. Pre-existing (legal) facilities must pre-date July 1, 1999;

(12)

Noise created by the operation shall not exceed the levels specified in Appendix C.

(Ord. No. 3639 (part), adopted 1987; Ord. No. 4038 (part), adopted 1999)