§ 4. Definitions.

Accessory use means a use which is clearly incidental to, and customarily found in connection with, the principal use of the same parcel or group of contiguous parcels under common ownership and operated as an agricultural enterprise.

Agricultural land preservation easement or preservation easement means a non-possessory interest in land, perpetual in duration, pursuant to which the exercise of development rights on the subject property is restricted in accordance with the provisions of such easement.

Agricultural support service means a commercial operation upon which the agricultural industry generally depends. The term includes, but is not limited to, suppliers of fertilizer, seed and plant protection products, equipment dealers and large-scale buyers of farm products.

Agricultural use means the bona fide production of crops, animal or fowl, including, but not limited to, the production of fruits, vegetables, honey, grains, meat, poultry and dairy products; the raising of livestock and poultry; and the production and harvest of products from horticultural, silvicultural or aquaculture activity.

Animal unit, as used in the farmland ranking system, means a unit of measurement equal to one thousand (1,000) pounds of live body weight of livestock.

County Attorney means the County attorney or his designee.

County Administrator means the county administrator or his designee.

Committee means the Agricultural Resource Advisory Committee.

Development right means the right to develop property for any use other than an agricultural use. The term includes, but is not limited to, the right to develop property for any commercial, industrial or residential use except as expressly permitted by this Ordinance.

Director means the director of the department of economic development or his designee.

Farmland Ranking System or System means the formula by which applications for the sale of development rights are ranked in order of priority of acquisition of such rights. See Section 12 of this Ordinance.

High-value crops means crops which require intensive management and greater than normal inputs. Examples include, but are not limited to, strawberries, blackberries, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, lima beans, green beans, pumpkins, watermelons, cantaloupes and Christmas trees.

Landowner means the equitable owner of the fee simple title to a parcel of land or, with respect to a parcel not encumbered by a deed of trust or mortgage, the legal owner of such title. Where more than one person or entity is the legal or equitable owner, the term refers to all such persons jointly.

Parcel means a lot or tract of land, lawfully recorded in the clerk's office of the circuit court of Culpeper County.

Program means the Agricultural Reserve Program established by this Ordinance.

Significant timber harvest means a merchantable harvest for the commercial market. The term does not include minor harvests for such things as firewood, poles, posts, blind material or greenery.