AGRICULTURE: These uses include land (with and without farm residences) used for field crops, orchards, viticulture, aquaculture, sod, plant materials for off site sales, and truck farming. It also includes the raising or breeding of livestock, cattle, horses, poultry, and bees where there is no more than one animal unit per acre. The following uses are also included as agriculture:
Agriculture Sales And Events: Activities such as "pick your own" sales, agricultural tourism such as corn mazes and farm tours, or community supported agricultural events.
Clearing: This involves the cutting of trees or underbrush on a site whether by clear cutting, selective cutting, bulldozing, burning or other means including forestry or in preparation for agricultural use.
Incidental Processing: Processing activities such as production of honey, butter, syrup, or other products from raw materials grown or obtained on site.
APIARY: Assembly of one or more colonies of bees at a single location.
BEE: All stages of life of the common domestic honey bee or apis mellifera species.
BEEKEEPER: A person who owns and has responsibility in the maintenance and safety of the apiary.
BEEKEEPING EQUIPMENT: Anything that used for the operation of an apiary.
BOARDING/RIDING STABLES: The stabling, training, feeding of horses, or the provision of riding facilities for other than personal use by the resident of the property.
CARGO CONTAINER: A premanufactured structure, of metal construction that is designed as a shipping container for portable storage. Cargo containers are considered to be accessory structures as regulated by the unified development code and will require a building permit prior to placement. The container shall be limited such that the containers are not greater than eight and one-half feet (8'6") in height, eight feet (8'0") wide, and not longer than forty feet (40'0") in length.
COLONY: Grouping of honey bees that consists of workers, one queen, drones, brood, combs, and honey.
FARMSTEAD: A residential-agricultural unit in a portion of the agricultural land, platted or unplatted, is used for the residence of the owner/operator of the agricultural operation who lives on the land as owner or by lease. It may include multiple properties; the residence, barns, and fields or pastures need not be on the same lot.
FLYWAY BARRIER: A solid wall, fence or dense vegetation that is maintained that modifies the flight pattern for the bees.
HIVE: A Langstroth design that houses the colony and has removable frames for inspections.
Nucleus Hive: Consisting of a hive that does not exceed one standard 9-5/8 inch depth ten frame hive body with no supers attached. Each nucleus hive shall be disposed of or combined with an authorized colony within thirty days after the date it is acquired as it provides the queen and starter bees for the hive.
INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: These uses include any agricultural uses such as feedlots, hog farms, and poultry operations where animals are tightly confined in buildings or outdoor pens or pastures that are required to obtain an NPDES or related permit because of animal or poultry wastes.
KENNEL: Any premises or portion of a premises on which more than two (2) dogs or cats are maintained, boarded, bred, or cared for in return for remuneration or are kept for the purpose of sale.
NURSERIES: Nurseries and ornamental floriculture whose primary use is the growing of plants, with incidental sales of landscaping products or equipment. For uses that are primarily involved in the retail sale of plants, garden supplies, and landscape materials, see definition of Garden Center.
SENSITIVE USE PARCEL: Parcels which house or have uses which have multiple people such as the elderly, small children, individuals with medical conditions or housing that confines animals. These uses include but are not limited to nursing homes, hospitals, schools, preschools, daycares, stables, and kennels. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010; amd. Ord. 2011-012, 7-12-2011; Ord. 2021-018, 6-8-2021)