Article XX, Sec. 66-636 to 66-645
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Certified plat required
The owner of an intensive facility constructed or completed after April 5, 1995 shall file with the zoning administrator a plat or similar documentation showing the entire parcel on which the facility is located and also showing the location of the facility within the parcel.
- Development plan placement requirement
At least one-third of the number of head of livestock or dairy animals, subject to this article, or one poultry structure indicated in the development plan must be placed into service within 36 months of the date on which the development plan is approved by the zoning administrator, unless at least one-third of the number of livestock, dairy or one such poultry structure is already in service on the parcel at the time the development plan is filed.
- Development plan revocation period5 years
If an operator fails to build the proposed structure or fails to have in place the minimum number of head required in subsection (d) of this section or fails to obtain building permits for any of the structures indicated in his development plan within the prescribed five-year period, the zoning administrator shall revoke the development plan.
- Intensive facility threshold600 animal units
Intensive livestock facility means a livestock operation with accessory uses or structures, as specified in this article, which at any one time has at least 600 animal units, such as the examples referenced in the following table, and where such animals are or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period.
- Confinement period45 days
where such animals are or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period.
- Minimum acreage for intensive facility (beef/dairy cattle, horses, sheep)60 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
For an intensive facility in which beef or dairy cattle, horses or sheep are confined and fed, 60 acres or the number of acres required by the nutrient management plan, whichever is less, and which has been approved pursuant to section 66-645.
- Minimum acreage for intensive facility (swine or poultry)20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
For an intensive facility in which swine or poultry are confined and fed, 20 acres or the number of acres required by the nutrient management plan, whichever is less, and which has been approved pursuant to section 66-645.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. facility continuation
Livestock, dairy or poultry facilities in operation on April 5, 1995 which do not have sufficient acres, as required in this section, shall be considered nonconforming existing uses and may continue so long as the operation is not abandoned for as long as two years continuously and so long as there is no increase in the size or number of animals kept on the parcel at one time and so long as there is no diminution in the setbacks or total size of the parcel of land containing the facility.
- Nutrient management plan required
After April 5, 1995, no intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility shall commence operation until a nutrient management plan, as required by the commonwealth, for the proposed facility has been reviewed and approved by the state department of conservation and recreation or by the state cooperative extension service or by a person certified or employed by the commonwealth as a nutrient management planner.
- Nutrient management plan review interval10 years
The nutrient management plan shall be reviewed and updated every ten years by an agent of the state department of conservation and recreation or by the state cooperative extension service or by a person certified or employed by the commonwealth as a nutrient management planner.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing dwelling in agricultural-rural residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.300 ft
From an existing dwelling in the agricultural-rural residential district, 300 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing dwelling in a different zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.600 ft
From an existing dwelling in a different zoning district, 600 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. of dwelling from existing livestock facility in agricultural-rural residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.300 ft
From an existing livestock, dairy, or poultry facility in the agricultural-rural residential district, 300 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. of dwelling from existing livestock facility in a different zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.600 ft
From an existing livestock, dairy or poultry facility in a different zoning district, 600 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines and public roadways150 ft
The setback for intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facilities from property lines and public roadways shall be at least 150 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from incorporated towns, subdivisions, schools, churches, etc.1,000 ft
All livestock, dairy or poultry facilities shall be set back at least 1,000 feet from incorporated towns and cities; platted residential subdivisions; residentially zoned districts; mobile home parks; public schools; churches; county-, city-, town- and community-owned buildings; public recreation areas; public wells, public springs and public water intakes.
Signage
- Development plan sign maximum area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parcel for which a development plan has been approved by the zoning administrator shall display at its entrance a sign, no smaller than two square feet or larger than four square feet, clearly visible from the nearest roadway, indicating that a development plan is in effect for the parcel and containing the words 'certified agricultural development site.'
- Development plan sign minimum area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parcel for which a development plan has been approved by the zoning administrator shall display at its entrance a sign, no smaller than two square feet or larger than four square feet, clearly visible from the nearest roadway, indicating that a development plan is in effect for the parcel and containing the words 'certified agricultural development site.'
From the ordinance
It is the intent of this article to encourage economic development and to preserve farmland by providing for the viability of the county's agricultural sector by encouraging the orderly and responsible growth of its livestock, dairy and poultry industry.