Agricultural Zoning
The
Town of Ithaca’s
Agricultural Zone currently contains approximately 4,235 acres (24% of the
total zoning). The purpose of the Agricultural
Zone is to ass ure a proper economic and physical environment for continued
agricultural use of land and other nonextractive natural resource land uses; to
maintain an open rural character to viable agricultural areas; to assure
compatible types and densities of development on lands that are usable for
agricultural pursuits; and to minimize other land uses incompatible with
farming.
The
Agricultural Zone does include a specific “right-to-farm” provision (Section
270-39 of Town Code). The provision is
to help warn landowners in the Agricultural Zone that the primary intention of
the zone is to permit sound agricultural practices.
Article VI – AgriculturalZone – Section 270-25
Current Zoning Map (2012) Right-to-Farm Brochure | 
