Sec. 83-485

Other

• AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buffer width100 ft

  The agricultural buffer shall be at least 100 feet wide, except for properties located within Route 60 Corridor East Special Area Plan area, as designated in the comprehensive plan, where a 50-foot agricultural buffer shall be required for properties 100 acres or greater and that no agricultural buffer shall be required for properties less than 100 acres.

• Buffer width reduction allowance20 pct

  The director may allow the buffer width to be reduced by up to 20 percent upon determining that the reduced buffer width is justified by the type or intensity of the adjacent agricultural operations, an intervening topographic change, an intervening riparian buffer, or the existence or provision of vegetation in addition to that required.

• Buffer tree planting requirements

  Where the agricultural buffer is directly adjacent to a residential dwelling or residential lot, the buffer shall be planted with a minimum of two off-set rows of trees planted that provides an average spacing between trees of ten feet or less. Each tree shall be a minimum height of eight feet and minimum caliper of two inches when planted.