91.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Accessory use” means any of the following land uses on a farm: (a) A building, structure, or improvement that is an integral part of, or is incidental to, an agricultural use. (b) An activity or business operation that is an integral part of, or incidental to, an agricultural use. (c) A farm residence. (d) A business, activity, or enterprise, whether or not associated with an agricultural use, that is conducted by the owner or operator of a farm, that requires no buildings, structures, or improvements other than those described in par. (a) or (c), that employs no more than 4 full-time employees annually, and that does not impair or limit the current or future agricultural use of the farm or of other protected farmland. (e) Any other use that the department, by rule, identifies as an accessory use. (1m) “Agricultural enterprise area” means an area designated in accordance with s. 91.84. (2) “Agricultural use” means any of the following: (a) Any of the following activities conducted for the purpose of producing an income or livelihood: 1. Crop or forage production. 2. Keeping livestock. 3. Beekeeping. 4. Nursery, sod, or Christmas tree production. 4m. Floriculture. 5. Aquaculture. 6. Fur farming. 7. Forest management. 8. Enrolling land in a federal agricultural commodity payment program or a federal or state agricultural land conservation payment program.
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Land use in farmland preservation zoning districts; general. Permitted uses. Conditional uses. Rezoning of land out of a farmland preservation zoning district. Exemption from special assessments. SUBCHAPTER IV FARMLAND PRESERVATION AGREEMENTS Farmland preservation agreements; general. Farmland preservation agreements; requirements. Applying for a farmland preservation agreement. Terminating a farmland preservation agreement. Violations of farmland preservation agreements. Farmland preservation agreements; exemption from special assessments. SUBCHAPTER V SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION Soil and water conservation by persons claiming tax credits. Compliance monitoring. SUBCHAPTER VI AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE AREAS Agricultural enterprise areas; general. Agricultural enterprise area; petition.
(b) Any other use that the department, by rule, identifies as an agricultural use. (3) “Agriculture-related use” means any of the following: (a) An agricultural equipment dealership, facility providing agricultural supplies, facility for storing or processing agricultural products, or facility for processing agricultural wastes. (b) Any other use that the department, by rule, identifies as an agriculture-related use. (5) “Base farm tract” means one of the following: (a) All land, whether one parcel or 2 or more contiguous parcels, that is in a farmland preservation zoning district and that is part of a single farm on the date that the department under s.