(A) An
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK OPERATION will be defined for the purpose of this subchapter as any existing or proposed livestock operation or an extension of an existing livestock operation with the number of animals located thereon exceeding the per acre limits as follows: (for the purposes of this section, ACRES shall be defined as undeveloped, tillable land)
(1) Twenty-five nursery pigs.
(2) Six sows.
(3) Ten finishing hogs.
(4) Three beef cattle.
(5) Six heifers.
(6) Three dairy cattle.
(7) Ten veal calves.
(8) Two hundred fifty turkeys, ducks, geese, and laying hens, or any combination thereof.
(9) Four hundred pullets.
(10) Five hundred broilers.
(11) Five horses.
(12) Twenty sheep or goats or any combination thereof.
(13) Limits for other livestock not enumerated herein shall be determined by Commission by comparing body weight and animal wastes with numerated.
(B) An
INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK OPERATION is further defined for the purpose of this subchapter as any existing or proposed livestock operation or an expansion of an existing livestock operation regardless of acreage on which there are livestock unit numbers exceeding 400 hogs, 200 cattle, or 20,000 poultry. Where a livestock operation involves less than 400 hogs, 200 cattle, or 20,000 poultry, but there is more than one species of animal, the total number of animals in each category shall be divided by 400 in the case of hogs, 200 in the case of cattle, and 20,000 in the case of poultry, and the resulting percentages shall be added together. If the total of the percentages equals or exceeds 100, then the operation is an intensive livestock operation as defined herein, and shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
(Ord. 466, § 2-16.5-2, passed 5-11-98)