720 Herr Rd, Fairborn, OH 45324

Prime Agriculture District

The intent of the Prime Agricultural District is to recognize the long-range physical, social, and economic needs of the larger scale agricultural community within Bath Township. The purpose is to preserve prime agriculture lands in Bath Township for agriculture use, and to prevent or minimize conflicts between common farm practices and non-agricultural uses. Since agricultural pursuits provide an economic base for Bath Township, and many areas still exist which possess an existing agricultural character and prime agricultural soils, it is the intent of this District to maintain and protect such areas. Only those land uses that perform necessary agricultural functions within the agricultural community will be encouraged to locate within the Prime Agricultural District. Farmstead dwellings are permitted to locate within the Prime Agricultural District at a maximum density of one dwelling unit per eighty acres. Unnecessary encroachment by non-agricultural land uses which limit agricultural effectiveness either through encroachment of land resources or through incompatibility of land uses will be discouraged.; Lands within the Prime Agricultural District are used for commercial agricultural production. Owners, residents and other users of the surrounding areas may be subject to inconvenience and discomfort arising from normal and accepted agricultural practices and operations: including, but not limited to, noise, odors, dust, and the operation of machinery of any kind associated with agriculture uses, the storage and disposal of manure, and the application of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides. Owners, residents and other users of the surrounding areas should be prepared to accept these conditions and are hereby put on official notice that the right to farm provision within the ORC may bar them from obtaining a legal judgment against such normal agricultural operations.