Sec. 106-232
Dimensional standards
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Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Confined poultry operations are allowed by rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld. as a permitted use only in the agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2..
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum number of poultry houses per parcel12 houses
The maximum limit of poultry houses is 12 per parcel.
- Poultry house density per parcel
The overall density per parcel of poultry houses is one house per five acres of land.
Landscaping & trees
- Vegetative buffer row configuration
A minimum of three staggered rows of plant materials shall be placed at a width of ten to 20 feet between rows from closest to the poultry operation outwards.
- Plant material spacing within rows
Evergreens—Pines/spruce shall be spaced between eight and 14 feet apart. Evergreens—All others shall be spaced between six and ten feet apart. Small shrubs shall be spaced between three and four feet apart. Large shrubs shall be spaced between three and six feet apart. Small deciduous trees shall be spaced between five and eight feet apart. Large deciduous trees shall be spaced between eight to 14 feet apart.
Other
- Minimum separation distance between poultry operations400 ft
The minimum separation distance between poultry operations shall be 400 feet.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing business on adjacent property400 ft
Four hundred feet from any existing business on an adjacent property.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing dwelling on adjacent property500 ft
Five hundred feet from any existing dwelling on an adjacent property, except where tunnel fans are on the end next to the dwelling, in which case the minimum setback shall be 600 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from incorporated towns or residential zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundaries, improved subdivisions, mobile homeManufactured homeA dwelling built in a factory to a federal standard and transported to the site. parks500 ft
In agricultural zoning districts, 500 feet from incorporated towns or residential zoning district boundaries, improved subdivisions of ten or more lots, and mobile home parks or travel trailer parks with ten or more units, except where tunnel fans are pointed toward the incorporated town or residential zoning district boundary, improved subdivision of ten or more lots, and mobile home park or travel trailer park with ten or more units, in which case the minimum setback shall be 600 feet.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from state or county-maintained roads125 ft
One hundred twenty-five feet from the center of state or county-maintained roads, other than US Route 13, or 150 feet from state or county-maintained roads, other than US Route 13, if the tunnel fans are directed towards the road.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line200 ft
Two hundred feet from any property line.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from schools, churches, nursing homes, day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. centers, campgrounds, public recreation areas, and public wells500 ft
Five hundred feet from any property line of schools, churches, nursing homes, day care centers, campgrounds, public recreation areas, and public wells, except where tunnel fans discharge toward the school, church, nursing home, day care center, campground, public recreation area, and public well, in which case the minimum setback shall be 600 feet from the property line(s).
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from unimproved subdivisions400 ft
In agricultural zoning districts, 400 feet from unimproved subdivisions of ten or more lots.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from center of US Route 13200 ft
Two hundred feet from the center of U.S. Route 13, measured from the center of the northbound or southbound lanes, whichever is closer.
From the ordinance
The minimum lot size for confined poultry operations shall be six acres.