As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGRICULTURAL FARM OPERATIONS
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership
or corporation engaged in the business of agriculture or farming or
agriculture practices, whether for profit or otherwise.
AGRICULTURAL LAND
Any single or multiple, contiguous or noncontiguous parcel
or parcels that together represent all that real property within the
boundaries of the Town of Geneva currently used for agricultural farm
operations or upon which agriculture practices are being utilized
or upon which agriculture farm operations or agricultural practices
may in the future be established or utilized.
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
Any activity, including the cultivation of land, the raising
of crops, the raising of livestock, dairy, poultry, horticulture,
timber; the production, whether for sale to others or home use or
consumption, of plants and animals, fruit, vegetable and field crops;
plantations, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses, or other similar agricultural
practices used primarily for the raising, marketing, or sales of on-premises-produced
agricultural or horticultural value-added commodities. Further, agricultural
practices shall include any activity now permitted by law, any activity
recommended by the Cornell Cooperative Extension or by Soil and Water
Conservation or any activity engaged in by or on behalf of a farmer
in connection with and furtherance of the business of agriculture
or farming and shall include, without limitation, the collection,
transportation, distribution and storage of animal and poultry waste;
storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting,
harvesting and marketing; transportation, storage and use of legally
permitted fertilizers and limes, insecticides, herbicides, pesticides
and fungicides, all in accordance with local, state, and federal law
and regulation and in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions
and warnings; the generation of noise; construction of farm structures
and facilities as permitted by local and state building code regulation;
construction and maintenance of fences and other enclosures; and the
use and/or maintenance of related pastures, idle or fallow land, woodland,
wetland, farm ponds, farm roads and certain farm buildings and other
structures related to the agricultural practices.
(1)
The following examples are intended to be illustrative of common
agricultural practices covered within this definition, but are not
inclusive:
(a)
Providing for the wholesale and retail marketing, including
U-pick marketing, and sales of the agricultural output of the farm
and value-added related products that contribute to farm income, including
the sale at the owner's farm stand of agricultural products of
the farm.
(b)
Replenishing soil nutrients, including but not limited to the
spreading of manure and applying approved inorganic and organic fertilizers.
(c)
Using federally approved products, in accordance with label
instructions, as recommended by the Cornell Cooperative Extension,
the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the New York
Department of Environmental Conservation for the control of pests,
predators, varmints, diseases affecting plants and livestock, and
for the control of weed infestation.
(d)
Transporting large, slow-moving equipment over roads within
the Town of Geneva, in accordance with local, state, and federal law
and regulation. Occasional traffic and travel inconveniences due to
weather conditions (e.g., extreme heat, rain, mud) are to be expected
on highways in the Town of Geneva.
(e)
Clearing of woodlands using accepted techniques and installing
and maintaining vegetative and terrain alterations and other physical
facilities for water and soil conservation and surface water control.
(2)
The foregoing uses, activities and rights, when reasonable and
necessary for agricultural or horticultural production and when conducted
in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, may
occur on holidays, Sundays and weekends, by day or night.
FARM
The land, buildings and equipment contributing to the production,
preparation and/or marketing of agricultural products.
FARMER
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership
or corporation engaged in an agricultural farm operation or agricultural
practices as defined herein.
FARMING
The act of engaging in an agricultural farm operation and/or
agricultural practices as defined herein.
FARM OPERATION
The 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
as a commercial 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.
SOUND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE
Any agricultural practice, or appurtenances thereto, conducted
or maintained in a manner consistent with management practices such
as those recommended by state and federal agencies within the educational
aspects of farmers and agricultural practices, herein and hereafter
referred to as "accepted customs and standards."