8-4-38: LIVESTOCK CONFINEMENT FACILITY:

   A.   1.   Facilities less than three hundred (300) animal units. A new livestock confinement facility or expansion of an existing facility that has three hundred (300) animal units or fewer shall not require Master Site Plan approval.

      2.   Facilities more than three hundred (300) animal units but less than one thousand (1,000) animal units. A new livestock confinement facility or expansion of an existing facility that will have more than three hundred (300) animal units shall be deemed an animal feeding operation (AFO) and shall require Master Site Plan approval.

      3.   Facilities more than one thousand (1,000) animal units. A new AFO or expansion of an existing AFO that will have more than one thousand (1,000) animal units shall require conditional use approval.

      4.   Aquaculture AFOs are exempt from the regulations in this Section, except for manure storage setback.

   B.   Location: Livestock confinement facilities shall be located within an RP, RR, RUT, RSW, R1, R2, R4, R6, or R8 Base District.

   C.   Standards For AFOs: In addition to the requirements of subsection 8-4-38B, the following standards shall apply:

      1.   Compliance: The AFO must comply with and not be in violation of any federal, state, or local law including, but not limited to, all applicable State of Idaho Department of Agriculture, State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, State of Idaho Department of Water Resources, and/or Central District Health Department regulations and specifications.

      2.   Lighting: All proposed lighting shall comply with the provisions of Section 8-3-8.

      3.   Siting Standards: For expansions of existing facilities that require Master Site Plan or conditional use approval, the location standards shall only apply to proposed expansions.

         a.   Lagoons and manure storage shall not be located within a Flood Hazard Overlay District.

         b.   All lagoons and manure storage areas shall maintain a minimum separation distance as set forth in Table 8-4-38-1 below.

         c.   Silage, haylage, potatoes, or any feed product resulting from the ensilage process shall be stored no closer than three hundred feet (300') from any property line.

         d.   Each existing facility with three hundred (300) or more animal units and each proposed AFO shall have a one-mile radius sphere of influence from the lagoons and/or manure storage areas. The sphere of influence of a proposed AFO may overlap the sphere of another AFO if no existing development is within more than two (2) AFO spheres of influence.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)