Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Poultry Operation

Extracted standards

10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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  • Impermeable barrier required if water table less than 2 ft2 ft

    If litter is stored in areas where the ground water table is less than two (2) feet below the surface, an impermeable barrier shall be installed under the litter.

  • Litter protected with waterproof cover after 14 days

    If stored outside longer than fourteen (14) days, the litter shall be protected with a waterproof cover.

  • If litter is not stored under roof, the storage site shall be at least one hundred (100) feet from surface water, intermittent drainage, wells, sinkholes, and rock outcrops.

  • Minimum water table depth for litter storage1 ft

    Litter shall not be stored where the water table is less than one (1) foot below the surface.

  • Each structure and denuded area associated with the poultry operation shall be set back from property lines one hundred fifty (150) feet, except as provided for setbacks from public roadways. The setback from property lines may be reduced by mutual consent... but in no case less than seventy-five (75) feet.

  • Each structure and denuded area associated with the poultry operation shall be set back from the travel surface of public roadways at least one hundred (100) feet.

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from town/city boundaries and public wells1,000 ft

    At least one thousand (1,000) feet from incorporated town and city boundaries and from public wells, springs, and water intakes.

  • Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from urban growth areas, residential districts, etc.600 ft

    At least six hundred (600) feet from designated urban growth areas, residentially zoned districts, manufactured home parks, manufactured home subdivisions, public schools, and county, town, and community recreation areas.

  • At least fifty (50) feet from any jurisdictional waterway.

  • Replacement structure max square footage125 pct

    The square footage of any replacement structure shall be no greater than one hundred twenty-five (125) percent of the square footage of the structure it replaces.

From the ordinance

Any poultry operation started after October 1, 2014, shall be located on a farm, as defined in section 17-201.
Poultry Operation