Article 70, Sec 70-811 to 70-814
Uses
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Development plan required
Any person who intends to establish or expand an intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility shall file with the zoning administrator a development plan
- Nutrient management plan required
No intensive livestock, dairy or poultry facility for which the commonwealth requires a nutrient management plan shall commence operation until such plan has been approved
- Reduced setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. by special exception
The board of zoning appeals may permit reduced setbacks by special exception.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from existing dwellings not owned by operator600 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be set back from all existing dwellings not owned by the operator as follows: ... 600-foot setback ... reducible to 400 feet with vegetative screen.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from primary highway right-of-way150 ft
at least 150 feet from the right-of-way of any primary highway
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line50 ft
Each intensive livestock, dairy or poultry structure shall be set back at least 50 feet from any property line
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from secondary road right-of-way100 ft
at least 100 feet from the right-of-way of any secondary road
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from incorporated town, public school, place of worshipReligious facilityA building used for organised worship, often with halls and schools attached., or public water intake1,000 ft
at least 1,000 feet from any incorporated town, public school, place of worship, or public water intake from a stream or river; reducible to 800 feet with vegetative screen.
Signage
- Maximum sign area for development plan sign4 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a sign no smaller than two square feet, and no larger than four square feet
- Minimum sign area for development plan sign2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a sign no smaller than two square feet, and no larger than four square feet
From the ordinance
In the agricultural (A) district, all agricultural production uses, including the uses defined as intensive livestock, dairy and poultry facilities, shall be permitted by right. Setbacks and development plan requirements apply.