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14-2 subject to regulation under this section, and 14.05 APPLICABILITY. This ordinance applies to complies with the requirements of the permit. the entire geographical area of Dane County. 14.13 STANDARD FOR EARTHEN MANURE 14.06 DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance, STORAGE FACILITIES. The standards for design the following words and phrases have the and construction of earthen manure storage . meanings indicated: facilities are those in standard 425 of the Technical (1) Animal manure means livestock excreta and Guide. other materials such as bedding, water, soil, hair, feathers, and other debris normally included in 14.14 STANDARD FOR ANIMAL WASTE animal waste handling operations. MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION. The (2) Applicant means any person who applies for a standards for management of manure facilities and permit under this ordinance. utilization of manure are those in standard 633 of (3) Earthen manure storage facility means a the Technical G uide. facility constructed of earth dikes, or pits and ponds used for temporary storage of animal waste. [14.15- 14.20 reserved for future use.] (4) Permit means the signed, written statement issued by the zoning administrator under this 14.21 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person may ordinance authorizing the applicant to construct, undertake an activity subject to this ordinance install, reconstruct, enlarge, or substantially alter without obtaining a permit it .from the zoning earthen manure storage facility, and to use or administrator prior to beginning the proposed dispose of waste from the facility. activity. (5) Permittee means any person to whom a permit is issued under this ordinance. 14.22 EXCEPTION TO PERMIT REQUIREMENT. (6) Person means any individual, corporation, Emergency repairs to an earthen manure storage partnership, joint venture, agency, unincorporated facility, such as repairing a broken pipe or association, municipal corporation, county, or state equipment, leaking dikes, or the removal of agency within Wisconsin, the federal government, stoppages, may be performed without a permit. If or any combination thereof. repairs will significantly alter the original design (7) Technical Guide means the United States and construction of the storage facility, a report Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Soil shall be made to the zoning administrator for Conservation Service Technical Guide as adopted determination as to whether a permit will be by the Dane County Land Conservation required for any additional alteration or repair to 'Committee. the facility. The zoning administrator shall consult (8) Water pollution means contaminating or with the land conservation committee staff prior to rendering unclean or impure the ground or surface rendering a determination. waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or 14.23 FEE. There shall be no fee for a permit recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal under this ordinance. or plant life. 14.24 EARTHEN MANURE STORAGE FACILITY [14.07- 14.10 reserved for future use.] PLAN REQUIRED. Each application for a permit under this section shall include an earthen manure 14.11 GENERAL REQUIREMENT. Any person storage facility plan. The plan shall specify: who designs and constructs an earthen manure (1) The number and kinds of animals for which storage facility or who employs another person to storage is provided. do the same, on land subject to this ordinance, (2) A sketch of the facility and its location in shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance. relation to buildings within 250 feet and homes within 500 feet of the proposed facility. The sketch 14.12 COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT shall be drawn to scale, with a scale no smaller REQUIREMENTS. A person is in compliance with than 1 inch = 100 feet. this ordinance if he or she follows the procedures (3) The structural details, including dimensions, of this ordinance, receives a permit from the cross sections, and concrete thickness. zoning administrator before beginning activities rev. 103194 1