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activities listed above, including residences for the owners, operators or employees of the farm <br /> ^� and their families. General livestock and poultry includes those animals involved which are <br /> .J customarily and traditionally.raised on farms, such as beef and dairy cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, <br /> rabbits and horses, mules,ponies, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese for the purpose listed <br /> above. Farming does not include agricultural services and processing, avocational farming, <br /> specialized commercial horticulture, and specialized commercial animal husbandry. <br /> 5 <br /> Farris,Bonafide-The use of land for farming meeting one of the following criteria: <br /> (1) composing two or more acres on one or more tracts owned or,leased by the bonafide farm <br /> unit; <br /> (2) average annual sales of$1,000 for the preceding three years; or a minimum of twenty of <br /> forest land for which a management plan has been prepared. <br /> Farming Definitions-(See Farming,Avocational Farming, Specialized Horticulture, <br /> Specialized Animal Husbandry, Commercial Feeder Operation, etc.) <br /> Amended Flag Lot-An irregularly shaped lot where the buildable portion of the lot is <br /> 7/5/88 connected to its street frontage by an arm of the lot(see Figures 1 to 4 on page 33c of the <br /> Subdivision Regulations). <br /> Amended Flexible Development-A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design <br /> ?-1-96 creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve agricultural and forestry lands, natural and <br /> cultural features, and rural community character that might otherwise be lost through <br /> development approaches. At lease one-third(33%)of the land within a Flexible Development <br /> subdivision must be set aside as open space which may be preserved through: <br /> (a) An"estate lot"approach where all land is subdivided into Iots four(4) acres or greater in <br /> size,building limits(50%) are established for each lot, and the land area outside such limits <br /> is preserved as open space; or <br /> (b) a"conservation"approach where all land is subdivided into lots, and open space is preserved <br /> through the use of conservation easements applied to portions of individual lots; or <br /> (c) A "cluster"approach where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved through such reductions <br /> is preserved as open space; or <br /> (d) A"village"or modified cluster approach where dwelling units are clustered around a village <br /> green and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded by open space; or <br /> Rte.. <br /> V' <br /> 22-9 <br />