Chapter 6
AGRICULTURE
Sections:
Article 1. Right to Farm: Dispute Resolution: Notice to Purchasers of Nearby Properties
   10-6.101   Definitions.
   10-6.102   Property operated farm not a nuisance.
   10-6.103   Construction with other laws.
   10-6.104   Resolution of disputes.
Article 2. Agricultural Nuisances
   10-6.201   Purpose and Findings.
   10-6.202   Definitions.
   10-6.203   Effect on other laws.
   10-6.204   Administration and enforcement.
   10-6.205   Nuisance Abatement.
   10-6.206   Form of Notice to Abate.
   10-6.207   Service Procedures.
   10-6.208   Appeals: Agricultural Nuisance Appeals Board.
   10-6.209   Appeals.
   10-6.210   Appeals: Notice.
   10-6.211   Appeals: Recommendations.
   10-6.212   Appeals: Decision.
   10-6.213   Appeals: Removal.
   10-6.214   Summary Abatement.
   10-6.215   Right of entry of certain persons.
   10-6.216   Abatement costs.
   10-6.217   Collection of costs.
   10-6.218   Notice of abatement lien.
Article 3. Organic Certification
   10-6.301   Purpose and Findings.
   10-6.302   Definitions.
   10-6.303   Program Authority and Fees.
   10-6.304   Eligibility.
   10-6.305   Certification Criteria.
   10-6.306   Enforcement.
Article 4. Nut Theft
   10-6.401   Legislative Authorization.
   10-6.402   Definitions.
   10-6.403   Proof of Ownership Certificate.
   10-6.404   Proof of Ownership Certificate: Inspection, Presentation and Retention.
   10-6.405   Exemptions.
   10-6.406   Civil Penalties.
   10-6.407   Transportation or Sale of Nuts to Non-processing Nut Buying Operations Outside of the Nut Buying Period.
Article 1.
Right to Farm: Dispute Resolution: Notice to Purchasers of Nearby Properties
Sec. 10-6.101.   Definitions.
   As used in this article the following terms shall have the following meanings:
   (a)   “Agricultural Land” means those land areas of the County specifically classed and zoned as Agricultural Preserve (A-P), Agricultural Exclusive (A-E), and Agricultural General (A-1), as those zones are defined in the Yolo County Zoning Ordinances.
   (b)   “Agricultural activity, operation, or facility or appurtenances thereof” means and includes, but is not limited to, the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, irrigation, frost protection, cultivation, growing, harvesting, and processing of any commercial agricultural commodity, including timber, viticulture, agriculture or horticulture, the raising of livestock, fur-bearing animals, fish or poultry, and any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as incident to or in conjunction with such operations, including the application of pesticides, use of farm equipment, storage or preparation for market, delivery to storage or to market, or to carriers for transportation to market. (§ 2, Ord. 1133, eff. January 2, 1992)
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