§ 1A03.8. Inconveniences arising from agricultural operations.

[Bill Nos. 113-1992; 107-1994; 62-2017 ]

Any dwelling, business or use in or near an R.C. 2 Zone may be subject to inconveniences or discomforts arising from agricultural operations, including but not limited to noise, odors, fumes, dust, the operations of machinery of any kind during any 24-hour period (including aircraft), the storage and disposal of manure and the application, by spraying or otherwise, of chemical fertilizers, soil amendments, herbicides and pesticides. The County shall not consider an agricultural operation to be a public or private nuisance if the operation complies with these regulations and all federal, state or County health or environmental requirements; except that during the period between 10:00 p.m. and sunrise as defined by the National Weather Service for sunrise on the particular day in the Baltimore area, an agricultural operation may not fire or otherwise discharge an air cannon or similar device that releases a loud shotgun-like blast within 500 feet of an adjacent residential dwelling.