A. General: The specific provisions of this chapter have been implemented by the city of Paul as an accommodation to Minidoka County but the uses herein described and regulated are not permitted in the city of Paul. The provisions of this chapter are minimum standards and any more restrictive standards required by other local, state and/or federal laws, rules and/or regulations must be complied with.
B. Classes Of Confined Animal Feeding Operations: Confined animal feeding operations are classified in the different levels as established in this chapter and chapter 2 of this title.
C. Scope And Applicability: Confined animal feeding operations subject to the requirements of this chapter include all new operations or expanding existing operations, which meet the definitions of confined animal feeding operations as defined in this title.
1. Commercial And Industrial Confined Animal Feeding Operation: Any owner and/or operator of a commercial or industrial confined animal feeding operation shall, prior to the commencement of any such confinement operation, secure an operating permit for such operation from the Minidoka County planning and zoning commission, pursuant to the procedure set forth in this title. Such permit shall be required for all commercial or industrial confined animal feeding operations, including those operations that are considered nonconforming uses of record upon expansion or increase of the size of operation. (Ord. 411, 8-14-2002)
2. Domestic Confined Animal Feeding Operation: Any owner and/or operator of a domestic confined animal feeding operation may obtain an operating permit for such confinement operation from the Minidoka County planning and zoning commission, pursuant to the procedure set forth in this title. All domestic confined animal feeding operations shall comply with section 8-17-5 of this chapter, whether or not a CAFO permit has been obtained. (Ord. 2005-5, 10-12-2005)
3. Building Permit: Any owner and/or operator of a confined animal feeding operation shall obtain a building permit prior to the construction of any permanent structures associated with a confined animal feeding operation, except as exempted in section 8-13-5 of this title. Such permit shall be issued by the Minidoka County building inspector upon approval of a livestock confinement application by the planning and zoning commission. (Ord. 2009-4, 5-13-2009)