4610 Baxter Rd, Cottage Grove, WI 53527

General Farmland Preservation District

The FP-35 General Farmland Preservation district is designed to: Provide for a wide range of agriculture and agricultural accessory uses, at various scales. The FP-35 district accommodates as permitted uses all activities typically associated with the primary production and harvesting of crops, livestock, animal products or plant materials. Such uses may involve noise, dust, odors, heavy equipment, use of chemicals and long hours of operation.; Allow for incidental processing, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution or other activities intended to add value to agricultural products produced on the premises or to ready such products for market. Such uses are conditional as they may have the potential to pose conflicts with agricultural use due to: volumes or speed of vehicular traffic; residential density; proximity to incompatible uses; environmental impacts; or consumption of agriculturally productive lands.; Reduce costs for providing services to scattered non-farm uses.; Pace and shape urban growth.; Meet the criteria for certification as a Farmland Preservation Zoning District under s. 91.38, Wis. Stats.