Shelby, MI Right to Farm: Farm Nuisance Protection (2026)

, provided the operation complies with the current Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices (GAAMPs). That means a farm operator who is following the state GAAMPs for their type of operation cannot be cited under the Village's general noise prohibition in Section 296-2 or the specific list in Section 296-3, whether the complaint is about equipment noise, animal noise, odor-adjacent nuisance claims, or hours of operation that would otherwise run afoul of the Village's daytime construction or nighttime quiet-hours provisions. The exemption sits alongside three other Section 296-4 exceptions: emergency vehicles engaged in necessary activities (Subsection A), state, Village or County street and highway work performed at night when daytime work is impractical (Subsection B), and lawful public warning devices (Subsection C).

The farm exception was amended at the time of adoption of the current Code, folding it into the general provisions housekeeping under Chapter 1, Article II. Because the exemption is conditioned on GAAMP compliance, an operation that departs from the applicable GAAMPs loses the protection and reverts to Chapter 296's ordinary noise standards, including the civil-infraction penalty in Section 296-6.