As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
All activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce
agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the
operation of a farm, and the on-farm production, processing and marketing
of agricultural products, including, but not limited to, the collection,
transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal
wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage,
planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide application;
storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes, and pesticides,
all in accordance with local, state, and federal law and regulations
and in accordance with manufacturers' instructions and warnings;
storage, use, and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction
and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal
wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products,
and livestock; for the sale of agricultural products; and for the
use of farm labor as permitted by local and state building codes and
regulations, including the construction and maintenance of fences.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Those products as defined in § 301, Subdivision
2, of Article 25-AA of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
FARM
The land, buildings, and machinery used in the production,
whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products.
FARMER
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership,
or corporation engaged in the business of agriculture, for profit
or otherwise, including the cultivation of land, the raising of crops,
or the raising of livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals, or fish,
the harvesting of timber, or the practicing of horticulture or apiculture.
GENERALLY ACCEPTED AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
Those practices which are feasible, lawful, inherent, customary, necessary, reasonable, normal, safe, and typical to the industry or unique to the commodity as they pertain to the practices listed in §
61-2A entitled "agricultural practices."
RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
Shall be made up of the Chairman of the Planning Board or
designee, and a member of one other standing committee of the Town
designated by the Supervisor.