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4 <br />Feed Mill <br />A building with machinery and apparatus for grinding and /or bagging grain <br />Guest Ranch <br />A rural lodge providing overnight accommodations for transient guests seeking a vacation experience <br />characteristic to that of a rural ranch, onsite facilities may include lodge or cabin accommodations, dining <br />facilities, barns, dance hall and recreational facilities, including but not limited to riding rings, trails, fishing <br />holes and swimming facilities <br />Meat Processing Facility, Community <br />A smaller scale facility, IGGated Gn a bona fide farm, where livestock or wildlife is slaughtered, processed, <br />and packaged for personal consumption and /or wholesale or retail sale The livestock must be raised on <br />the subject farm and from 1 to 4 other cooperative farm partners 4 <br />Meat Processing Facility, Regional <br />A larger scale facility where livestock is slaughtered, processed, and prepared for distribution for <br />wholesale or retail sale <br />Metal Fabrication Shop <br />A facility that is engaged in the shaping of metal and similar materials for wholesale or retail sale <br />Microbrewery, production only <br />A facility that produces less than 15,000 barrels per year of craft malt beverages for wholesale or retail <br />sale and consumption off the premises. Shall be considered a bona fide farming use if located on a farm <br />and using primarily crops produced on -site <br />Microbrewery with Minor Events <br />A facility that produces less than 15,000 barrels per year of craft malt beverages for consumption on- or <br />off -site with limited hours for tours of the facility and tastings of the products produced on -site, and small <br />periodic events that are expected to attract fewer than 150 people to the site Food services may be <br />permitted under the conditional zoning or special use permit approval. <br />Microbrewery with Mayor Events <br />A facility that produces less than 15,000 barrels per year of craft malt beverages for consumption on- or <br />off -site with tours of the facility, tastings of the products produced on -site, and periodic events that are <br />expected to attract more than 150 people to the site. Food services may be permitted under the <br />conditional zoning or special use permit approval <br />Rural Heritage Museum <br />A facility which stores and exhibits objects of historical, agricultural, and /or cultural interest for the <br />purpose of educating the public about the rural heritage of Orange County and surrounding areas <br />Rural Special Event <br />A temporary or seasonal commercial activity that occurs on a bona fide farm and which is expected to <br />attract more than 20 people at any given time. <br />Saw Mill <br />A facility where off -site logs or timber are sawn, planed or otherwise processed into lumber or other wood <br />products, not including the processing of timber for use on the same parcel of property <br />4 The County Attorney's office has advised that this language is legally insufficient and must be removed <br />