(A) General cultivation farming, grazing, nurseries, horticulture, truck farming, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting are permitted uses if steep slopes and bluff impact zones are maintained in permanent vegetation or operated under an approved conservation plan consistent with the field office technical guides of the Hubbard Soil and Water Conservation District or the United States Soil Conservation Service. The shore impact zone for parcels with permitted agricultural land uses is equal to a line parallel to and 50 feet from the ordinary high water level, or half of the structure setback from the ordinary high water level within the particular management district, whichever is greater.
(B) Animal feedlots must meet the following standards:
(1) New feedlots must not be located in the shoreland of watercourses or in bluff impact zones and must meet a minimum setback of 300 feet from the ordinary high water level of all public water basins;
(2) Modifications or expansions to existing feedlots that are located within 300 feet from the ordinary high water level or within a bluff impact zone are allowed if they do not further encroach into the existing ordinary high water level setback or encroach on bluff impact zones; and
(3) Feedlots must comply with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Rules Chapter 7020, as it may be amended from time to time.
(C) Agricultural practices and associated uses must be conducted consistent with the provisions of Agricultural and Water Quality, Best Management Practices for Minnesota, a copy of which is on file at city hall, Park Rapids, Minnesota.
(Prior Code, § 66-76) (Ord. passed 1994) Penalty, see § 151.999