[Adopted 2-7-2011 by L.L.
No. 1-2011 (Ch. 11A, Art. I, of the 1981 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Those products as defined in § 301(2) of the New
York State Agriculture and Markets Law, as the same may be amended.
FARM OPERATION
Shall be defined in § 301(11) in the New York State
Agriculture and Markets Law, as the same may be amended, and shall
include all farming operations of any and all sizes or types.
FARMERS
Any person, organization, entity, association, partnership,
limited liability company, or corporation engaged in the business
of agriculture, whether for profit or otherwise, including the cultivation
of land, the raising of crops, or the raising of livestock.
FARMLAND
Land used for the production of agricultural commodities,
as defined above.
SOUND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
All those sound practices necessary for the on-farm production,
preparation and marketing of agricultural commodities and shall follow
the guidelines issued by the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture
and Markets. Examples of such practices include, but are not limited
to, operation of all farm equipment and machinery; proper use of agricultural
chemicals, crop rotation and other crop production methods; and construction
of and use of farm structures, such as barns, buildings, sheds or
pens, or corrals, and any and all equipment to move, carry, haul,
distribute or spread manures/fertilizers/chemicals in liquid or any
other state.