excavations to improve drainage, provide watering facilities for livestock, or create a holding lagoon for animal waste, or farm ponds or fish ponds; provided that none of the excavated material may be hauled off site
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lagoons
How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Northampton County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.
manure storage must be at least 1,000 feet from a property line. (H) ** Lagoons .** Lagoons to serve livestock compounds may be permitted with a special use permit. (I) **Submittals required.** No CAFOs are permitted until
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