§ 2-23-4 - "Agricultural operations" defined. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 2-23-4

   § 2-23-4  "Agricultural operations"defined. – (a) As used in this chapter, "agricultural operations" includes any commercialenterprise which has as its primary purpose horticulture, viticulture,viniculture, floriculture, forestry, stabling of horses, dairy farming, oraquaculture, or the raising of livestock, including for the production offiber, furbearing animals, poultry, or bees, and all such other operations,uses, and activities as the director, in consultation with the chief ofdivision of agriculture, may determine to be agriculture, or an agriculturalactivity, use or operation. The mixed-use of farms and farmlands for otherforms of enterprise is hereby recognized as a valuable and viable means ofcontributing to the preservation of agriculture.

   (b) Nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict, limit orprohibit nonagricultural operations from being undertaken on a farm except asotherwise restricted, regulated, limited or prohibited by law, regulation orordinance or to affect the rights of persons to engage in other lawfulnonagricultural enterprises on farms, provided, however, that the protectionsand rights established by this chapter shall not apply to such nonagriculturalactivities, uses or operations.