[Adopted 11-7-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011; amended in its entirety 4-17-2023 by L.L. No. 1-2023]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
Those practices necessary for the production, preparation,
and marketing of agricultural products. Examples of such practices
include, but are not limited to, operation of farm equipment on and
off-site, proper use of agricultural chemicals and other crop protection
methods, direct sales to consumers of agricultural products produced
on-site, agricultural tourism, and construction and use of farm structures
and fences.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Those products as defined in § 301(2) of Article
25-AA of the State Agriculture and Markets Law, including, but not
limited to:
A.
Field crops, including corn, wheat, rye, barley, hay, potatoes,
soybeans and dry beans.
B.
Fruits, including apples, peaches, grapes, cherries, and berries.
C.
Vegetables, including tomatoes, beans, cabbage, carrots, beets,
and onions.
D.
Horticultural specialties, including nursery stock, ornamental
shrubs, ornamental trees, and flowers.
F.
Livestock and livestock products, including cattle, sheep, hogs,
goats, horses, poultry, ratites (such as ostriches, emus, rheas, and
kiwis), farmed deer, farmed buffalo, fur-bearing animals, wool-bearing
animals (such as alpacas and llamas), milk, eggs, and furs.
G.
Aquaculture products, including fish, fish products, water plants
and shellfish.
H.
Apiary products, including honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee
pollen, propolis, package bees, nucs (small honey bee colonies created
from larger colonies including the nuc box), and queens.
I.
Actively managed log-grown woodland mushrooms.
J.
Industrial hemp and hemp products.
L.
Christmas trees derived from a managed Christmas tree operation,
whether dug for transplanting or cut from the stump.
M.
Woody biomass which means short rotation woody crops raised
for bioenergy and shall not include farm woodland.
N.
Woodland products, including, but not limited to, logs, lumber,
posts, and firewood.
FARMER
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership,
limited liability company, or corporation engaged in agricultural
practices, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation
of land, the raising or crops, or the raising of livestock.
FARM or FARMLAND
The land, including buildings and equipment, which is used
in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural
goods and services, including but not limited to, cultivation, raising
of crops or livestock, poultry, dairy pursuits, equestrian and other
equine activities, timber harvesting, or the practicing of horticulture
or keeping of bees, without reference to its extent or the tenure
by which it is held. Such farm or farmland may consist of parcels
that are contiguous or noncontiguous.
FARM OPERATION
Land and on-farm buildings, equipment, manure processing
and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production,
preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products,
and other agricultural products as a commercial or noncommercial enterprise.
Such farm operation may consist of one or more parcels of owned or
rented land, which parcels may be contiguous or noncontiguous to each
other.
FARM WOODLAND
Includes land used for production and sale of woodland products,
including, but not limited to, logs, lumber, posts, and firewood.