Special permit uses
A. Keeping of the following animals as an accessory to a principal residential use requires a special use permit from the zoning board of review:
1. Keeping more than three animal units of domestic livestock on one lot.
2. Keeping more than six chickens or rabbits on a lot less than one acre.
3. Keeping roosters or peacocks.
4. Keeping swine.
B. 1. The number of domestic livestock kept by special use permit shall not exceed one animal unit per acre.
2. The total number of roosters, chickens, and peacocks shall not exceed 35 per acre.
3. Each swine requires an area of one acre, exclusive of other animals.
4. A lot on which any horse, cow, or other animal weighing more than 1,000 pounds; pony, mule, ass, burro, donkey, ostrich, emu, goat, sheep, llama, alpaca, or swine is kept must have an area of at least one acre in addition to the area required to accommodate the animals.
C. For a special use permit to keep more than three animal units of domestic livestock or a special use permit to keep swine, the following conditions must be satisfied:
1. The applicant shall submit a plan for the storage and disposal of manure for the approval of the zoning board of review. The plan must be approved by the U.S. department of agriculture natural resources conservation service (NRCS).
2. The applicant shall submit a site plan prepared by a registered land surveyor for the approval of the zoning board of review. The site plan shall comply with the following requirements:
a) Outdoor areas where horses are ridden or exercised shall be at least fifty (50) feet from a lot line.
b) Manure shall not be stored or composted within fifty (50) feet of a lot line, within one hundred (100) feet of a well, or within two hundred (200) feet of a wetland or stormwater drainage feature. Areas where manure is stored or composted shall be visually screened from dwellings on adjacent lots.
c) Stormwater and runoff from areas where animals are kept and from areas where manure is stored or composted shall be diverted from wetlands and wells on the same lot or adjacent lots.
d) Structures housing animals other than swine shall be at least fifty (50) feet from lot lines. Structures housing swine and outdoor areas where swine are confined shall be at least three hundred (300) feet from a lot line.
3. The use shall be maintained in compliance with chapter 6.18 of this code.
D. If the zoning board of review grants a special use permit to keep one or more roosters or peacocks, the roosters or peacocks must be cared for in the manner required by Chapter 6.18 of this Code for chickens and rabbits, with the additional requirement that roosters must be confined in a completely darkened shelter between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(Ord. dated 11-19-13; Ord. dated 7-19-16)