 SECTION 303 - DEFINITIONS
Words or terms not herein defined shall have their ordinary meanings in relation to the context. For the purposes of this Resolution, certain words and terms used herein are defined as follows:
303.01 ABUT: Any situation where a lot borders directly on another lot or is separated from an adjoining lot by a public road right-of-way which is twenty (20) feet or less in width.
303.02 ACCESSORY USE OF BUILDING: A building or use which is subordinate and incidental to that of the main or principal building or use on the same lot or tract.
303.03 AEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESS: Any process for digestion of waste in which the waste is digested using free oxygen, wherein sufficient oxygen is available to satisfy fifty percent (50%) of the daily chemical/ biological oxygen demand inflow.
303.04 AGRICULTURAL USE: The business and science of cultivating the soil, producing crops, truck farming, forestry, orchards, the non-commercial storage and processing of agricultural products produced on the premises, the breeding, feeding, pasturing of livestock, including the temporary confinement of livestock for birthing, weaning or backgrounding purposes and confined and intensive animal feeding uses, as defined in Section 303.23 and 303.45 and any waste handling facility, as defined in Section 303.90 of this Resolution, which may be associated with any confined or intensive animal feeding use.
303.05 AGRONOMIC RATES: The application of plant nutrients, from all sources, to meet, but not exceed, the estimated annual nutrient needs of the crop being produced, based upon past or projected yields, so as to avoid build-up of nutrients including, but not limited to, nitrate, chloride, ammonia and phosphorus. Determination of the agronomic rate shall include the available nutrients in the soil, the nitrogen content of any irrigation water, and the nutrient content of any waste, sludges and commercial or other fertilizers to be applied.
303.06 ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: Any process for digestion of waste in which the waste is digested where free oxygen is not available or where the loading of volatile solids in a lagoon exceeds more than four (4) pounds per day per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of water in said lagoon.
303.07 ANIMAL UNIT: The relationship of various animals with regard to manure production based upon one thousand pounds of animals) regardless of type. For purposes of this Resolution, the following relationship with regard to manure production shall be as follows:
Type of Animal Animal Unit(s)
Beef Animal (500 - 1,200 pounds) 1.00
Beef or Dairy Calf (150 - 500 pounds) 0.50
Young Dairy Stock (500 - 1,000 pounds) 0.75
Replacement Heifers. 1.00
Dairy Cow 1.40
Horse 2.00
Swine (55 pounds or heavier) 0.40
Swine (less than 55 pounds) 0.04
Swine (sow and litter) 0.50
Sow or Boar 0.40
Sheep 0.10
Chicken 0.01
Turkey 0.02
Ostrich. 0.40
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