CHAPTER 31. URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE
§4751. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the
meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Agricultural use" means farming in all of its branches, including but not limited
to the cultivation and the tillage of the soil; the production, cultivation, growing, and
harvesting of any products from agricultural, horticulture, aquaponic, hydroponic, or
aquaculture practices; the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, dairy-producing
animals, and poultry; agricultural education; agricultural tourism; or any practices performed
by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations. This
also is inclusive of administrative or office space used to run any of the above practices or
operations. For purposes of this Chapter, the term "agricultural use" does not include timber
production.
(2) "Political subdivision" means any unit of local government including a
municipality, parish, or special district authorized by law to perform governmental functions.
(3) "Urban" means an area within the boundaries of an urbanized area, as that term
is used by the United States Census Bureau, that includes at least forty-five thousand people.
(4) "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone" means an area within a political subdivision
that is comprised of individual properties designated as urban agriculture preserves by the
political subdivision for farming purposes.
Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.