1.13.1 The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to existing bona fide farms. A bona fide farm is any tract of land containing at least three acres which is used for the production of or activities relating to, or incidental to, the production of crops, fruit, vegetables, ornamental and flowering plants, dairy, livestock, poultry, and all other forms of agricultural or forest products having a domestic or foreign market.
1.13.2 For bona fide farms, this ordinance does not exercise any controls over crop lands, timber lands, pasture lands, idle or other farm lands, nor over any farm house, barn, poultry house, or other farm buildings, including tenant or other houses for persons working on said farms, as long as such houses shall be in the same ownership as the farm and located on the farm. Such agricultural uses maintain the openness of the land and achieve the purposes of this ordinance without the need for regulation. Residences for non-farm use or occupancy and other non-farm uses shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance.
1.13.3 In accordance with G.S. § 160D-913, the town UDO applies to state-owned lands only when a building is involved.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2021)