Article 24, Section 24-3
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Development plan approval time45 days
The zoning administrator shall approve the development plan within 45 days of receipt
- Development plan commencement requirement
At least one-third of the number of head of livestock or dairy animals ... must be placed in to service within two years of the date in which the development plan is approved
- Development plan validity5 years
Zoning approval for any subsequent facilities indicated in the development plan may only be obtained if no more than five years have passed
- Intensive agricultureAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animal thresholds
any enclosure, pen or building for the concentrated confinement of livestock or poultry wherein more than 300 veal animals, slaughter or feeder cattle, 200 mature dairy cattle, 750 swine, 150 horses, 3,000 sheep, lambs, goats or similar animals; 16,500 turkeys or 30,000 laying hens or broilers are confined or housed shall constitute intensive agriculture.
- Minimum acreage for intensive agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. facility (other than poultry)100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Intensive agricultural facility (other than poultry) - One hundred (100) acres or the number of acres required by an approved nutrient management plan, whichever is greater.
- Minimum acreage for intensive poultry facility20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Intensive poultry facility - Twenty (20) acres or the number of acres required by an approved nutrient management plan, whichever is greater.
- Nutrient management plan required
no intensive agricultural facility shall commence operation until a nutrient management plan for the proposed facility has been reviewed and approved by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation or by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service or by a person certified or employed by the Commonwealth or County of Lancaster as a nutrient management planner.
- Nutrient management plan review interval10 years
shall be reviewed and updated every ten years
Signage
- Development plan sign area4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a sign not less than two square feet nor larger than four square feet
From the ordinance
The minimum number of acres on which a new intensive agricultural operation ... may be established as follows: (1) Intensive agricultural facility (other than poultry) - One hundred (100) acres ... (2) Intensive poultry facility - Twenty (20) acres ...