§ 167-84. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

AGRICULTURAL OVERLAY DISTRICT

That portion of the Town of Malta, exclusive of the District and planned development districts, which is constituted of parcels of seven acres or more.

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

Those practices which are feasible, lawful, inherent, necessary, reasonable, normal, safe, and typical to the industry or unique to the products as they pertain to the on-farm production, processing and marketing of agricultural products. Examples of such practices include, but are not limited to, operation of farm equipment, proper use of agricultural chemicals and other crop protection methods, manure application, composting and construction and use of farm structures, fences and roadside stands.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Those products that include but may not be limited to the following:

A. 

Field crops, including corn, wheat, rye, barley, hay, potatoes, and dry beans;

B. 

Fruits, including apples, peaches, grapes, cherries and berries;

C. 

Vegetables, including tomatoes, snap beans, cabbage, carrots, beets and onions;

D. 

Horticultural specialties, including nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees and flowers;

E. 

Livestock and livestock products, including cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, equids (e.g., horses, donkeys), poultry, camelids (e.g., llamas, alpacas), ratites (e.g., ostriches, emus), farmed deer or buffalo, fur-bearing animals, wool-bearing animals, milk, cheese, eggs and furs;

F. 

Apiary (beekeeping) operations;

G. 

Woodland products, including maple sap, logs, lumber, posts and firewood;

H. 

Christmas trees derived from a managed Christmas tree operation, whether dug for transplanting or cut from the stump;

I. 

Aquaculture products, including fish, fish products, water plants and shellfish;

J. 

Woody biomass, which means short rotation woody crops raised for bio-energy, and shall not include farm woodland; and/or

K. 

Horse boarding and equine operations.

AGRICULTURAL TOURISM

Agriculturally related accessory uses that are subordinate to the growing of crops or the raising of livestock, designed to bring the public to a farm on a temporary or continuous basis, such as U-pick farm sales, retail sales of agricultural products, farm mazes, pumpkin patches, farm animal viewing and petting, wagon rides, farmland and facility tours, horticulture nurseries and associated display gardens, cider pressing, classes or workshops, or wine or cheese tasting.

AGRICULTURE

The use of land, farm buildings and equipment that contribute to raising, training and boarding of livestock or horses, and the production, preparation and marketing of agricultural products.

FARM

Land, farm buildings and equipment used for the production, maintenance, preparation and marketing of agricultural products such as livestock, dairy, equine, poultry, fur-bearing animals, aquaculture, apiculture, fruit, vegetable and field crop farms, plantations, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses or other similar operations used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural products or commercial boarding and equine operations.

FARM BUILDING

Structures such as barns, commodity sheds, farm worker housing, garages, direct farm markets, silos, manure storage facilities, stables, poultry houses and greenhouses used primarily for the production, processing or marketing of agricultural products.

FARMERS MARKET

Markets open to the public, operated by a governmental agency, a nonprofit corporation, or one or more farmers, at which:

A. 

At least 75% of the products sold are agricultural products or value-added agricultural products; and

B. 

At least 75% of the vendors regularly participating during the market's hours of operation are producers, or family members or employees of producers.

FARM SIGN

A sign erected for a limited period of time for retailing and marketing agricultural products and/or agricultural tourism, that is, seasonally for a period not exceeding two weeks before such items are offered and terminating when such items are no longer offered.

FARM STAND

A structure from which are sold predominantly agricultural products and related goods to the general public.

FARM WORKER DWELLING

A structure that is clearly accessory to an agricultural operation and occupied by farm workers employed on the premises and which may include such workers' families.

HORSE BOARDING

The raising, breeding, training, boarding or sale of equids or providing care, housing, health-related services and training to such animals kept on the premises.

LIVESTOCK

Farm animals such as cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, equids (e.g., horses, donkeys), poultry, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, camelids (e.g., llamas, alpacas), ratites (e.g., ostriches, emus), farmed deer or buffalo, fur-bearing animals, wool-bearing animals raised for home use or for profit.

RURAL BUSINESS

An occupation, profession, or commercial use that is customary, incidental or secondary to the agricultural use of a property and is consistent with the character of the neighborhood.

VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

An enhancement or improvement of the overall value of an agricultural commodity or of an animal or plant product produced on the farm to a higher value. The enhancement or improvement includes, but is not limited to, marketing, agricultural processing, transforming or packaging, education presentation, activities and tours