5.3.1 Agricultural Use Standards
A. Agricultural Uses
Agricultural uses in the City, and in the County if not otherwise exempted from zoning regulation by State statute, shall be permitted in accordance with the use table in Sec. 5.1, Use Table, subject to the following standards:
1. In the RS-20 District, all agricultural uses shall be allowed. In all other RS districts, only apiculture, commercial crop production, and forestry are allowed.
2. For on-site sales as an accessory use pursuant to paragraph 5.2.2, Agricultural Use Categories, no parking spaces associated with the retail sales are required when no permanent structures used for the purpose of sales are proposed.
3. Except in RR and RS-20 districts, aquaponics and aquaculture are prohibited.
4. Sites shall be designed and maintained to prevent fertilizer, compost, soils, and any other materials from spilling and/or draining onto adjacent property, streams, and public or private stormwater collection systems.
5. The sale of compost is prohibited.
B. Forestry (City Only)
Forestry activities in the City shall be conducted in conformance with a Forest Management Plan which uses the current best management practices set out in “Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality,” as adopted by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.