7001 Portage Rd, Deforest, WI 53532

Exclusive Agriculture District

The A-1 EX Exclusive Agriculture District is designed to: Provide for a wide range of agriculture and agricultural accessory uses, at various scales. The A-1 EX 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, and 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.; Allow for other incidental activities, compatible with agricultural use, to supplement farm family income and support the agricultural community.; Preserve productive agricultural land for food and fiber production.; Preserve productive farms by preventing land use conflicts between incompatible uses.; Maintain a viable agricultural base to support agricultural processing and service industries.; 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 Wis. Stats. 91.38.