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Chapter 473H
Section 473H.12
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473H.12 PROTECTION FOR NORMAL FARM PRACTICES.
Local governments and counties shall be prohibited from enacting or enforcing ordinances
or regulations within an agricultural preserve which would, as adopted or applied, unreasonably
restrict or regulate normal farm structures or farm practices in contravention of the purpose of
sections 473H.02 to 473H.17 unless the restriction or regulation bears a direct relationship to
an immediate and substantial threat to the public health and safety. This section shall apply to
the operation of farm vehicles and machinery in the planting, maintenance and harvesting of
crops and in the care and feeding of farm animals, the type of farming, and the design of farm
structures, exclusive of residences.
History: 1980 c 566 s 12; 1993 c 141 s 2
Local governments and counties shall be prohibited from enacting or enforcing ordinances
or regulations within an agricultural preserve which would, as adopted or applied, unreasonably
restrict or regulate normal farm structures or farm practices in contravention of the purpose of
sections 473H.02 to 473H.17 unless the restriction or regulation bears a direct relationship to
an immediate and substantial threat to the public health and safety. This section shall apply to
the operation of farm vehicles and machinery in the planting, maintenance and harvesting of
crops and in the care and feeding of farm animals, the type of farming, and the design of farm
structures, exclusive of residences.
History: 1980 c 566 s 12; 1993 c 141 s 2
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