§ 7-3
Farm retail sales activities
[Ord. No. 08-31, 10-7-2009]
- (a) Retail by right. Upon any farm, which is permitted by the character of the agricultural zone in which it is located, or which is a legally pre-existing nonconforming use, the retail sales activities listed herein below are permitted by right as well as educational, recreational and cultural services reasonably related thereto. These activities shall be permitted in addition to the retail sales of farm products normally associated with the operation of a farm, and raised or produced on the premises, which are presently currently permitted by this appendix.
- (1) Sales of vegetative products, defined above, not raised on the premises.
- (2) Sales of compost or manure produced on the premises only.
- (3) Sales of mulch composed of vegetative origin, such as bark mulch. No more than 150 cubic yards of mulch not produced on the property itself may be stockpiled on the premises at any one time. Sale of mulch composed of earth products such as stone, sand or loam shall be prohibited.
- (4) Retail sales of farm-related products defined in the ordinance above.
Retail sales of products on a farm as permitted by this appendix may take place (1) outdoors anywhere upon the lot constituting the premises of the farm, (2) within a farm retail sales building located on the premises of the farm, or (3) at a farm stand.
- (b) Sale of vegetative products not raised grown on the farm premises. Upon any farm as herein defined, the sale of vegetative farm products, as defined above, not raised grown on the premises shall be permitted in addition to sale of any farm products raised or produced upon the farm premises itself. The purpose of this provision is to permit vegetative farm products grown or produced or raised off premises to be sold upon any farm anywhere in the Town. Sale of such imported vegetative products, if conducted out of doors, shall not be limited in terms of area, location or extent. Such products may also be sold within a farm retail sales building or farm stand, as defined herein above.
- (c) Farm sales license required. All farm retail sales activities shall be required to obtain all necessary permits and licenses required by the regulations of the Town of Cumberland and the State of Rhode Island, which are appropriate. It shall be the responsibility of the operator of the farm retail sales building or farm stand to obtain such licenses through consultation with the Town Clerk.
No more than one license or series of licenses which constitute the requirements under law shall be issued annually for retail sales activities upon any single farm as defined herein; provided, however, that an individual farmer may be issued any number of annual permits for each separate farm he/she owns or leases.