Although the village of Hatch encourages the use of reasonable erosion control measures in all activities, the following activities are exempt from the regulations and restrictions of this chapter:
A. Regular agricultural operations covered by the right to farm act, New Mexico Statutes Annotated 1978, sections 47-9-1 through 47-9-7 (1991), including cultivating, tilling, growing, and harvesting crops, and the raising of farm animals or fowl.
B. Governmental activities during life threatening situations or other emergencies or in connection with any officially declared disaster or state of emergency.
C. Operations conducted by essential service utilities to provide electricity, natural gas, oil and gas transmission lines, telephone, water and sewage during, or to avoid, service outages and emergency disruptions.
D. Temporary use of unpaved roads and parking lots that generate less than twenty (20) vehicle trips per day for less than three (3) successive calendar days. (Ord. 352, 2009)