Lincoln
Town of Lincoln Zoning Ordinance
§ 260-8

Agricultural uses

[Amended 2-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2019-11; 12-19-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-12; 10-3-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-15]

  • A. Includes horses, livestock for food production, fish, and raising of cattle and goats for purposes of producing milk; but not including apparatus for food processing of these products, nor animals for scientific or laboratory testing. No wholesale or retail sales except as permitted in subsection § 260-8F.
  • B. Includes hens, guinea fowl, quail, and domesticated ducks and geese. Their uses are limited to pets and/or for their eggs or consumption. One hen is permitted per each 2,000 square feet of total lot area up to a maximum of six hens per half-acre, and no more than 12 in any case.
  • C. Includes breeding of livestock for food production, pets, fish, racehorses and/or fowl. Farmhouse and storage of farm-related equipment are allowable accessory uses.
  • D. Includes raising of vegetables, fruit, hay, sod, trees, flowers, plants and similar crops commonly used for household consumption; but not including food processing, canning and baking.
  • E. Includes the raising and sale of flowers, trees and plants used for decoration and landscaping.
  • F. Includes farm stands, limited to food, trees, flowers, plants, and similar crops where the stand is limited in size to 50 square feet.
  • G. Includes two or more cardholders who cooperatively cultivate marijuana in a nonresidential zoning district subject to the restrictions set forth in RIGL § 21-28.6-14.
  • H. Includes two or more cardholders who cooperatively cultivate marijuana in a residential zoning district subject to the restrictions set forth in RIGL § 21-28.6-14.
  • I. Includes marijuana cultivation by a single registered patient cardholder for medical use only, as defined in RIGL Chapter 21-28.6-3.

Editor's Note: The Table of Uses is included as an attachment to this chapter.