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Yerington City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 14

RIGHT TO FARM

10-14-1: RIGHT RECOGNIZED:

The right to farm all land is recognized to exist as a natural right and is hereby ordained to exist as a permitted use in any agricultural zone in the city, subject only to state health and sanitary codes. (Ord. 05-11, 9-12-2005)

10-14-2: DEFINITION:

The "right to farm" as it is used in this chapter, includes, but is not limited to, the use of large irrigation pumps and equipment, aerial and ground seeding and spraying, burning of fields, burning of ditches and smoke related to agriculture burning, large tractors, numerous farm laborers and the application of chemical fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides, all for the purpose of producing from the land agricultural products such as vegetables, grains, hay, fruits, fibers, wood, trees, plants, shrubs, flowers and seeds. This right to farm shall also include the right to use land for grazing by animals. (Ord. 05-11, 9-12-2005)

10-14-3: PERMITTED ACTIVITIES AND PRACTICES:

The foregoing uses and activities included in the right to farm, when reasonable and necessary for the particular farming, livestock or fowl production, and when conducted in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, may occur on holidays, Saturdays, Sundays and weekdays, twenty four (24) hours a day, and the noise, odors, dust and fumes that are caused by such activities are also specifically permitted as part of the exercise of this right. (Ord. 05-11, 9-12-2005)

10-14-4: NUISANCE OFFSET BY BENEFITS:

It is expressly found that whatever nuisance may be caused to others by such uses and activities so conducted is more than offset by the benefits from farming to the neighborhood and community, and to society in general, by the preservation of open space, the beauty of the countryside and clean air and by the preservation and continuance of farming operations in this city and the state as a source of agricultural products for this and future generations. (Ord. 05-11, 9-12-2005)

10-14-5: CONDITION OF APPROVAL:

As a condition of approval of any subdivision or parcel map of any land in the city of Yerington, the owner or developer of such land and their heirs, assigns and successors, shall agree to provide notice to any and all subsequent purchasers of the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 40.140 and this chapter. Such notice shall include a signed acknowledgment on all land development maps. (Ord. 05-11, 9-12-2005)