2026.07.06 ORD 2026-549 Replace Zoning and Land Use Ordinance

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Created: 2025-05-22 16:40:50 [EST] (Supp. No. 36) Page 12 of 198 Family means an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a functional family living together in a dwelling unit and sharing common cooking facilities. Family, functional means a group of no more than six people plus their offspring, having a relationship which is functionally equivalent to a family. The relationship must be of a permanent and distinct character with a demonstrable and recognizable bond characteristic of a cohesive unit. Functional family does not include any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, organization or group of students or other individuals where the common living arrangement or basis for the establishment of the housekeeping unit is temporary. Farm fence is defined as follows: (1) Fences consisting of at least 32-inch woven wire and two barbed wires firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart, the first barbed wire being above and not more than four inches from the woven wire and the second barbed wire being above and not more than eight inches from the first wire; (2) Fences consisting of at least 40-inch woven wire and one barbed wire firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart, the barbed wire being above and not more than four inches from the woven wire; (3) Fences consisting of woven wire at least 48 inches in height, and one barbed wire not more than four inches above the woven wire firmly fastened to well-set posts not more than one rod apart; (4) Fences consisting of at least four barbed wires with at least 40 barbs to the rod, the wires firmly fastened to posts not more than one rod apart, the top wire not more than 48 inches high and the bottom wire 12 to 16 inches from the ground. A farm fence is not considered to be a structure under this chapter. Farmhand living quarters means a secondary dwelling unit located on a parcel used for a bona fide agricultural operation, intended for occupancy by farm employees or family members engaged in agricultural activities on the property. Such living quarters are accessory to the principal agricultural use and are subject to the requirements and limitations established in this chapter. Farmstead means a single parcel of land greater than ten acres in size which includes a house as well as a minimum of ten acres of cropland, pasture or other fields used for agricultural purposes. Accessory buildings used for agricultural purposes may be included as part of a farmstead. Feedlot means a lot or building, or combination of lots and buildings, intended for the confined breeding, raising, or holding of animals, and specifically designed as a confinement area in which manure may accumulate or where concentration of animals is such that vegetative cover cannot be maintained. Open lots used for feeding and rearing of poultry are considered feedlots. Pastures are not considered feedlots. Fence means and includes a structure or partition erected for the purpose of enclosing a piece of land or to divide a piece of land into distinct portions. The term "fence" includes an enclosure about a field or any other place, and especially an enclosing structure of wood, iron or other material intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within. Flag means a rectangular piece of fabric of distinctive design mounted on a pole used as a symbol (as a nation), signaling device (nautical), or attention-getting device (advertising). Flood means a temporary rise in stream flow or a stage that results in inundation of the areas adjacent to a channel, lake or wetland. Flood frequency means the average frequency at which a specific flood state or discharge may be equaled or exceeded.