1650 Locust Grove Rd, Middletown, PA 17057

Agricultural District

The Agricultural District is comprised primarily of the existing agricultural area of the Township and those areas where environmental conditions are most conducive to high crop yields. The Agricultural District is intended to promote the continuation and preservation of permitted agricultural activities in those areas designated and most suitable for such activities. This district also intends to protect and stabilize the Township's viable agricultural economy by permitting only those uses that are compatible with farming. The Agricultural District is intended to conserve areas with concentrations of prime agricultural soils and/or areas where agricultural activities are prevalent.; This district is intended to reduce conflicts between nonagricultural uses and agricultural uses, such as to minimize complaints from residents in the Agricultural District regarding the use of nutrients, pesticides, and herbicides, as well as engaging in nuisance-related activities from normal agricultural activities that generate noise, dust, odor and other routine impacts.; This district is intended to allow specifically approved accessory business uses that act to sustain agricultural activities. This district also seeks to minimize the types of nonagricultural uses that are most likely to consume large amounts of agricultural land.