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�8 ' 6 eligible for a 50% property tax deferral as long as the property's important historic features are maintained. Local historic district designation has no effect on local property taxes. Multiple Use - The combination on one lot of two or more principal uses, excluding outdoor advertising signs. (Under some circumstances, a second use may be regarded as accessory to the first, and thus a multiple use is not established.) Mulch Manufacture - The manufacture of horticultural mulch from wood, wood products or similar materials. This term does not include the production of mulch as a by- product of on- site farming. Performance Standards - A series of regulatory criteria or limits related to certain characteristics that a particular use of process may not exceed. These criteria or land use controls evaluate the actual impact or "performance" of an operation. Examples of performance standards appropriate for agricultural operations and related businesses include but are not limited to: thresholds for the number of patrons /employees associated with a business or lot size, traffic generation (number of trips), hours of operation, time of year of operation, off - property effects (including noise, odors, lighting), access to certain types of roads, proximity to adjacent residences, etc. Petting Zoo - A facility, exclusive from any specific bona fide farm, in which livestock, farm animals and other animals are kept for public exhibition, viewing and contact, regardless of compensation, and which may include related accessory uses and activities such as gift shops not exceeding 600 square feet in area, picnic areas and recreational activities. For the purpose of this Ordinance, a pet farm shall not include retail pet stores and kennels, horse races, and such activities as State and County fairs, livestock shows, rodeos, field trials, and horsing events. Pick - Your -Own (U -Pick) Farm operations where the grower raises fruits, vegetables, flowers, and some horticultural /nursery products and the customers harvest the fruits or products themselves. The prices they pay for the volume harvested will be usually higher than what the grower would get from a broker. Processing - A facility that processes agricultural products. For permitting purposes, the processing facilities are divided into three categories based on the intensity. a. Small -Scale Processing, Accessory — An operation to process agricultural product(s) grown on a bona fide farm in the course of preparing it for market. Processing is subordinate and incidental to the farm operation and includes the following uses: 1. Basic Processing: Processing necessary to store and market farm products. Basic processing does not include treatment that changes the form of the product but does include treatment such as cutting, drying and packaging. 2. Value -added Processing: Treatment that changes the form of a farm product in order to increase its market value, including such processes as canning, milling, grinding, freezing, heating and fermenting. b. Processing Facility — A facility that processes agricultural products grown or produced on a bona fide farm or cooperative farm,venture where the operation is located on the specific bona fide farm or one.of the participating cooperative farms. The facility may operate independently from specific farm(s) if the business uses primarily locally grown products and only those companion items or ingredients not produced in the area needed in the preparation of the agricultural or horticultural