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46 nature and area, for use for agricultural purposes,
47 while so used. However, the ordinances
48 2. A county board of supervisors may apply to any
49 adopt an ordinance under this chapter which applies to
50 any of the following:
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1 a. The implementation of an agricultural land
2 preservation ordinance, as provided in section 335.27.
3 b. A structure, building, dam, obstruction,
4 deposit, or excavation in or on the flood plains of
5 any a river or stream.
6 c. The siting of a confinement feeding operation,
7 as provided in section 335.2A.
8 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 335.2A CONFINEMENT
9 FEEDING OPERATIONS.
10 1. Notwithstanding section 331.304A, a county may
11 adopt a confinement feeding operations siting
12 ordinance which shall be part of other regulations
13 provided in this chapter. The ordinance shall
14 regulate the siting of confinement feeding operation
15 structures, including the construction and expansion
16 of confinement feeding operation structures. The
17 ordinance shall be subject to adoption by the county
18 board of supervisors, upon recommendation by the
19 county's zoning commission as provided in section
20 335.8. The county board of supervisors shall adopt
21 the ordinance in the same manner as other regulations
22 adopted pursuant to this chapter.
23 2. The ordinance shall include a siting plan as
24 follows:
25 a. The plan shall do all of the following:
26 (1) Preserve the availability of farmland reserved
27 for confinement feeding operations.
28 (2) Encourage efficient urban development patterns
29 that do not burden farmland reserved under the plan
30 for confinement feeding operations. The plan shall
31 attempt to prevent congestion and overcrowding of
32 confinement feeding operations, especially near
33 cities.
34 (3) Preserve and protect natural resources,
35 including water sources, fragile environmental
36 locations, and recreational areas.
37 b. The plan may provide different regulations for
38 confinement feeding operations based on all of the
39 following:
40 (1) The animal unit capacity of the confinement
41 feeding operation.
42 (2) The type of confinement feeding operation
43 structure proposed to be constructed.
44 (3) The proximity of land for the application of
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