§ 138-3330. Agricultural activities.

(a)

Purpose. Agricultural activities include the utilization of land to raise, harvest, or sell crops; feed, breed, manage, and sell livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals, honeybees, or their produce; dairy and sell dairy products; or any other agricultural or horticultural use, animal husbandry, timber agricultural use, or combination thereof.

(b)

Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to agricultural activities. This section shall not apply to stand-alone nurseries/greenhouses operations and community gardens. This section does not apply to minor gardening and animal keeping normally associated with private residences. (Example: growing vegetables and keeping chickens on a residential lot is not considered an agricultural activity for the purposes of this section.)

(c)

Standards.

(1)

Agricultural activities, commercial.

a.

Materials produced on-site may be sold to third-party, off-site sales establishments. (Example: Selling produce to a retail store is permitted as part of a commercial agricultural activity.)

b.

Accessory retail activities shall be limited to products and materials that relate to an existing agricultural operation on the site. (Example: A grower may sell produce grown onsite.)

c.

Accessory offices that relate to the agricultural activity may be permitted on-site.

d.

Worker housing may be permitted as a Type 2 review. Approved worker housing may only remain in operation when in conjunction with an active commercial agricultural activity.

(2)

Agricultural activities, personal use.

a.

No retail sales shall occur on-site.

b.

Such activities may include adjacent properties under common ownership.

c.

Reserved.

(3)

The provisions of division 12 animals and livestock shall also apply.

(Ord. No. 18-36 , § 3(Att. B), 10-23-18)