I’m looking for comparisons to other municipalities regarding Farm Subsidiary Operations? Our LUB includes the following definition:

“FARM SUBSIDIARY OPERATION” – means an occupation or business carried out on the farm unit by the owner/operator thereof as a use secondary and subordinate to the agricultural use.

Further, we have a section in our LUB that deals specifically with this type of development:

A Farm Subsidiary Operation shall not:
– take place on a lot less than 32.5 ha (80.0 ac);
– employ any more than five persons other than the family of the lot owner;
– store or maintain any goods, materials or equipment not directly related to the operation; and
– in the opinion of the Development Authority create a nuisance by way of dust, noise, odour, smoke or traffic generation.

I’m working on a subdivision application to separate a 26-acre rural residential parcel out of the quarter section and through my inspection, have determined that a Farm Subsidiary Operation is taking place on the parcel (no development permit approval in place). What would normally be treated as a simple rural residential subdivision has become more of a complex issue as our LUB does not allow Farm Subsidiary Operations on parcels less than 80 acres.

I guess my question is, does your municipality have provisions for Farm Subsidiary Operations and, if so, is the development restricted to a certain parcel size?