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An application for a new dwelling shall require a setback from the boundary lines of abutting designated farmland as follows:

(1) Dwellings within designated farmland shall be setback 50 feet.

(2) Dwellings on parcels adjacent to designated farmland shall be setback 100 feet.

(3) If the size, shape, and/or physical site constraints of an existing legal lot do not allow for the required setback, the new dwelling shall maintain the maximum setback possible within the physical constraints of the lot as determined by the department; or

(4) If the owner of the land on which the new dwelling is proposed and the owner of the adjacent designated farmland each sign and record with the county auditor, in the manner required by law for covenants running with the land, a document which establishes an alternative setback for one or both of the adjacent properties, an alternative setback may be maintained. (Added by Amended Ord. 02-064, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 05-089, Dec. 21, 2005, Eff date Feb. 1, 2006; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-087, Feb. 4, 2009, Eff date Apr. 5, 2009).