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10123(l) `{3) uses and controlling public service costs; maintain a (h) Structures and improvements that are viable agricultural base to support agricultural consistent with agricultural.uses. processing and service industries; prevent conflicts (i) Home occupations as defined in section between incompatible uses; reduce costs for 10.01(25) of this ordinance.' providing services to scattered nonfarm uses; pace , (3) Conditional uses in the A-1 Exclusive and shape urban growth; implement the provisions Agriculture District. (a) Standards applicable to of the county agricultural plan when adopted and conditional uses in the A-1 Exclusive Agriculture periodically revised; and comply with the District. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and provisions of the Farmland Preservation Law to Consumer Protection shall be notified of the permit eligible landowners to receive tax credits approval of any conditional use permit. In passing under section 71.09(11) of the Wisconsin Statutes. applications for conditional use permits the (b) Lands to be included within the A-1 Exclusive committee shall consider the following relevant Agriculture. This district is generally intended to factors: apply to lands in productive farm operations 1. Standards applicable to conditional uses in including: lands historically exhibiting good crop the A-1 Agriculture District (Exclusive). Consumer yields or capable of such yields; lands which have Protection shall be notified of the approval of any been demonstrated to be productive for dairying, conditional use permit. In passing applications for livestock raising and grazing; other lands which are conditional use permits the committee shall integral parts of such farm operations; land used for consider the following relevant factors: the production of specialty crops such as mint, sod, a. The statement of purposes of the zoning fruits and vegetables; and lands which are capable ordinance and the A-1 District. of productive use through economically feasible b. The potential for conflict with agricultural improvements such as irrigation. use. (c) Applicability. This section shall apply only to c. The need of the proposed use for a location those towns which have filed a resolution with the in an agricultural area. county clerk indicating the election of the town to d. The availability of alternative locations. come under provisions of this district. Towns e. Compatibility with existing or permitted use which have filed resolutions indicating acceptance - on adjacent lands. of the exclusive agriculture district prior to the date f. The productivity of the lands involved. of this amendment shall continue to be under-the g. The location of the proposed use so as to provision of this section. reduce to a minimum the amount of productive (2) Permitted uses. (a)Agricultural uses. agricultural land converted. (b) Residence for farm owner/operator. h. The need for public services created by the Substantial income must be derived from the farm proposed use. operation. i. The availability of adequate public services (bm) Residences for owners of at least 35 acres of and the ability of affected local units of government ' land who were approved by the Dane County to provide them without an unreasonable burden. Zoning & Natural Resources Committee under the j. The effect of the proposed use on water or air site approval process between November 1, 1992 pollution, soil erosion and rare or irreplaceable and April 14, 1994 shall be considered a permitted natural resources. use. (b) Single family dwellings or mobile homes (c) Secondary farm residences which are occupied by parents or children of the farm occupied by a person who, or'a family at least one operator and including dependency living member of which, earns a substantial part of his or arrangements. Said residences shall be subject to her livelihood from farm operations on the farm. the requirements specified in s. 10.123(2)(b). (d) Rental of existing or secondary residences no (c) Governmental uses. longer utilized in the operation of the farm. (d) Religious uses. (e) Day care for not more that 8 children. (e) Separation of farm dwellings and related (f) Utility services as defined in section- structures which existed prior to the effective date 10.01(81) and small scale electric generating of this ordinance and which remain after farm stations not requiring approval under section consolidation. 196.941 of the Wis. Stats. (0 Limited family businesses subject to s. (g) Road side stands. 10.192. (g) Schools. Page 10-20 rev. 103198