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Chapter 14 and transients; prevent the spread of disease; and the same, on land subject to this ordinance, shall be promote the prosperity and general welfare of the subject to the provisions of this ordinance. citizens of Dane County. It is also intended to provide for the administration and enforcement of 14.12 COMPLIANCE WITH PERMIT this ordinance and to provide penalties for its REQUIREMENTS. A person is in compliance with violation. this ordinance if he or she follows the procedures of this ordinance, receives a permit from the zoning 14.05 APPLICABILITY. This ordinance applies to administrator before beginning activities subject to the entire geographical area of Dane County. regulation under this section, and complies with the requirements of the permit. 14.06 DEFINITIONS. As used in this ordinance, the following words and phrases have the meanings 14.13 STANDARD FOR EARTHEN MANURE indicated: STORAGE FACILITIES. The standards for design (1) Animal manure means livestock excreta and and construction of earthen manure storage facilities other materials such as bedding, water, soil, hair, are those in standard 425 of the Technical Guide. feathers,and other debris normally included in animal waste handling operations. 14.14 STANDARD FOR ANIMAL WASTE (2) Applicant means any person who applies for a MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION. The permit under this ordinance. standards for management of manure facilities and (3) Earthen manure storage facility means a facility utilization of manure are those in standard 633 of the constructed of earth dikes, or pits and ponds used for Technical Guide. temporary storage of animal waste. (4) Permit means the signed, written statement [14.15-14.20 reserved for future use.] issued by the zoning administrator under this ordinance authorizing the applicant to construct, 14.21 PERMIT REQUIRED. No person may install, reconstruct, enlarge, or substantially alter undertake an activity subject to this ordinance without earthen manure storage facility, and to use or dispose obtaining a permit from the zoning administrator of waste from the facility. prior to beginning the proposed activity. (5) Permittee means any person to whom a permit is issued under this ordinance. 14.22 EXCEPTION TO PERMIT (6) Person means any individual, corporation, REQUIREMENT. Emergency repairs to an earthen partnership, joint venture, agency, unincorporated manure storage facility, such as repairing a broken association, municipal corporation, county, or state pipe or equipment, leaking dikes, or the removal of agency within Wisconsin, the federal government, or stoppages, may be performed without a permit. If any combination thereof. repairs will significantly alter the original design and (7) Technical Guide means the United States construction of the storage facility, a report shall be _ Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) Soil made to the zoning administrator for determination as 'Conservation Service Technical Guide as adopted by to whether a permit will be required for any the Dane County Land Conservation Committee. additional alteration or repair to the facility. The (8) Water pollution means contaminating or zoning administrator shall consult with the land rendering unclean or impure the ground or surface conservation committee staff prior to rendering a waters of the state, or making the same injurious to determination. public health; harmful for commercial or recreational use,or deleterious to fish,bird,animal or plant life. 14.23 FEE. There shall be no fee for a permit under this ordinance. [14.07-14.10 reserved for future use.] 14.24 EARTHEN MANURE STORAGE 14.11 GENERAL REQUIREMENT. Any person FACILITY PLAN REQUIRED. Each application who designs and constructs an earthen manure for a permit under this section shall include an storage facility or who employs another person to do earthen manure storage facility plan. The plan shall specify: Page 67 Revised 4-30-97