For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall be used specific to §§ 13-1-29 and 13-l-125(p), related to large livestock facilities. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural number; and the plural number includes the singular number. The word
SHALL is mandatory and not permissive.
ADJACENT. Located on land parcels that touch each other, or on land parcels that are separated only by a river, stream, or transportation, or utility right-of-way.
ANIMAL UNIT. Has the meaning that was given in Wis. Admin. Code, § NR 243.03(5).
EXPANDED LIVESTOCK FACILITY. The entire livestock facility that is created by the expansion, after May 1, 2006. EXPANDED LIVESTOCK FACILITY includes all livestock structures in the expanded facility, regardless of whether those structures are new, existing, or altered.
EXPANSION. An increase in the largest number of animal units kept at a livestock facility on at least 90 days in any 12-month period. The acquisition of an existing livestock facility, by the operator of an adjacent livestock facility, does not constitute an EXPANSION unless that operator increases the largest number of animal units kept at the combined livestock facilities on at least 90 days in any 12-month period.
LIVESTOCK. Domestic animals traditionally used in this state in the production of food, fiber, or other animal products. LIVESTOCK includes cattle, swine, poultry, sheep, and goats. LIVESTOCK does not include equine animals, farm-raised deer, fish, captive game birds, ratites, cameiids, or mink.
LIVESTOCK FACILITY. A feedlot, dairy farm, or other operation where livestock are or will be fed, confined, maintained or stabled for a total of 45 days or more in any 12-month period. A LIVESTOCK FACILITY includes all of the tax parcels of land on which the facility is located, but does not include a pasture or winter grazing area. Related LIVESTOCK FACILITIES are collectively treated as a single LIVESTOCK FACILITY for purposes of this chapter, except that an operator may elect to treat a separate species facility as a separate LIVESTOCK FACILITY.
LIVESTOCK STRUCTURE. A building or other structure used to house or feed livestock, to confine livestock for milking, to confine livestock for feeding other than grazing, to store livestock feed, or to collect or store waste generated at a livestock facility. LIVESTOCK STRUCTURE includes a barn, milking parlor, feed storage facility, feeding facility, animal lot, or waste storage facility. LIVESTOCK STRUCTURE does not include a pasture or winter grazing area, a fence surrounding a pasture or winter grazing are, a livestock watering or feeding facility in a pasture or winter grazing area, or a machine shed or like facility that is not used for livestock.
NEW LIVESTOCK FACILITY. A livestock facility that will be used as a livestock facility for the first time, or for the first time in at least five years. NEW LIVESTOCK FACILITY does not include an expanded livestock facility if any portion of that facility has been used as a livestock facility in the preceding five years.
OPERATOR. A person who applied for or holds a local approval for a livestock facility.
PROPERTY LINE. A line that separates parcels of land owned by different persons.
ROADSIDE STAND. A building or part of a building no more than 500 square feet used for the retail sale of agricultural and related incidental products, excluding livestock, produced on the farm where the stand is located.
WASTE. Manure, milking center waste, and other organic waste generated by a livestock facility.
WASTE STORAGE STRUCTURE. A waste storage impoundment made by constructing embankments, excavating a pit or dugout, or fabricating a structure. WASTE STORAGE STRUCTURE does not include equipment used to apply waste to land. For purposes of Wis. Admin. Code, §§ ATCP 51.12(2) and 51.14, WASTE STORAGE STRUCTURE does not include any of the following:
(1) A structure used to collect and store waste under a livestock housing facility; or
(2) A manure digester consisting of a sealed structure in which manure is subjected to managed biological decomposition.
(Ord. passed 1-18-2021)