Taylor, MI Right to Farm: Agricultural Zoning Protection (2026)

Sec. 13.02(b), Farms and accessory roadside stands, sets Taylor's agricultural use standards under the Agriculture and Animal Uses section of the zoning ordinance. A farm parcel must have a minimum area of ten acres outside a platted subdivision, and accessory buildings on it must be set back at least 150 feet from any existing right-of-way and 50 feet from any side lot line. Livestock may not be kept on these parcels, so the provision covers gardening, general farming, horticulture, forestry and similar cultivation rather than animal husbandry.

Accessory roadside stands selling farm produce face their own building limits: the temporary structure's gross floor area must be between 50 and 250 square feet, it must sit no less than 25 feet from the public street right-of-way, and it can be no taller than one story. Operators must place suitable rubbish containers on the premises for public use. Off-street parking for the stand must be provided in the required front yard setback area and built to Sec. 17.02's parking facility design standards, except that hard surfacing is waived for the stand's parking area.

These agricultural provisions sit inside Article 13's use requirements, which apply on top of whatever base zoning district (such as a floodplain overlay's permitted-use table, which separately allows general farming) covers the parcel.