(A) Purpose.
(1) This section is adopted for the protection of farming interest and to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare by regulating confined animal feeding operations. It is intended to protect property values, and minimize conflicts between farmers and rural residential uses while enhancing and protecting the physical and scenic appearance of the City of Washington as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan.
(2) Confined feeding is defined as the feeding of animals in a confined area according the following state regulations, including all amendments.
(a) Three hundred or more cattle;
(b) Six hundred or more swine or sheep; and/or
(c) Thirty thousand or more fowl.
(B) Development standards. All confined feeding operations must conform to I.C. 13-1-5.7-1 including all amendments. All non-farm residential uses and confined feeding operations must also meet the following standards:
(1) All structures and confined lots designed to house or contain livestock should be set back 900 feet from any existing residence except that of the confined feeding operator;
(2) All structures and confined lots designed to house or contain livestock should be set back 1,000 feet from any church, business, school, recreational area (public or private) public buildings and 1,300 feet from any area zoned residential or any area that has a recorded residential plot;
(3) All structures should be setback from a public road right-of-way as stated in Table 2 of this chapter. If the waste handling facility of an operation is an open earthen pit, the setback distance should be increased to 1,000 feet in Statement No. 1 above; 1,500 and 2,000 feet respectively in Statement No. 2; and no less than 200 feet in Statement No. 3.
(4) No residential structures except that of the confined feeding operation may be constructed within 900 feet of an existing or granted (permit or otherwise) confined feeding operation.
(5) No church, business, school, recreational area (public or private) or public building may by constructed or operated within 1,000 feet of an existing or granted (permit or otherwise) confined livestock or poultry feeding operation.
(Prior Code, § 156.27)