Sec. 106-233
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Vegetated buffer heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Vegetated buffers as required above shall be planted to grow a minimum of eight feet in height and provide a solid year-round visual screen within two years from the date the operation commences or is expanded.
- Buffer species
Such buffers shall consist of either indigenous or ornamental shrubs and/or trees such as broad-leaf hollies, red cedars, leland cyprus, loblolly pines, or others as recommended by the county extension service or certified nurseryman.
- Expansion setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line200 ft
Any proposed expansion to an existing swine operation shall be permitted by right and subject to a 200 foot setback from any property line, except that this may be reduced to as little as 50 feet with the written consent of the adjacent property owner and a vegetated buffer of trees which provides a solid visual screen from adjacent properties.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwelling/business/subdivision/mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. park500 ft
Five hundred feet from any existing dwelling, business, subdivision or mobile home park on and adjacent property, except that this may be reduced to 200 feet with a special used permit granted in accordance with section 106-86 of this chapter, plus a vegetated buffer of trees which provides a solid visual screen from adjacent properties.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for lagoons from above uses1,000 ft
Lagoons for the natural processing of waste from the operation are regulated by the state water control board, and shall require a 1,000 foot setback from the above uses.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line200 ft
Two hundred feet from any property line, except that this may be reduced as little as 50 feet with the written consent of the adjacent property owner, and a vegetated buffer of trees which provides a solid visual screen from adjacent properties.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential R-20 or commercial zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundary, schools, churches, public recreation, public wells500 ft
Five hundred feet from 1) any existing residential R-20 or commercial zoning district boundary line; 2) schools, churches, and public recreation areas, or; 3) public wells and water supplies. This distance may be reduced as little as 300 feet with a special use permit granted in accordance with section 106-86 of this chapter and a vegetated buffer of trees which provides a solid visual screen from adjacent properties.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road100 ft
One hundred feet from the nearest adjacent public road; 200 feet from route.
- Nutrient management plan required
A nutrient management plan, including litter, waste disposal sites and methods shall be approved by the soil and water conservation district.
- Special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. required in residential districts
Permitted by special use permit in residential districts.
From the ordinance
The minimum acreage or parcel size for confined commercial swine operations shall be five acres. Minimum setbacks for any portion of the operation shall be: 500 feet from any existing dwelling, business, subdivision or mobile home park on and adjacent property, except that this may be reduced to 200 feet with a special used permit granted in accordance with section 106-86 of this chapter, plus a vegetated buffer of trees which provides a solid visual screen from adjacent properties.