Kings County Zoning Code § 1003 NSOZ -Nutrient Spreading Overlay Zone

A. Purpose: Also as established in the Dairy Element , the Nutrient Spreading Overlay Zone (NSOZ) designates another 642 square miles of agricultural land for the application of liquid and solid manure from dairies located in the DDOZ. The manure and dairy process water generated from dairy cows contains various nutrients that are a natural fertilizer and essential to plant growth.

B. Standards : The amount of liquid and solid manure permitted to be applied to agricultural cropland in the NSOZ is calculated through the dairy permitting process by using the Nitrogen & Salt Generation Calculation Table No. 5 in Appendix A-6 of the Dairy Element . The dairy permitting process through the Dairy Element serves to ensure that liquid and solid manure is applied at agronomic rates since each dairy operation must account for the nutrient load of dairy process water on the site controlled by the dairy operator.

C. Nutrient Spreading Overlay Zones:

1. NSOZ 1 (Lake Basin)

2. NSOZ 2 (Island)

3. NSOZ 3 (Stratford)

4. NSOZ 4 (Northeast County)

5. NSOZ 5 (South County)

6. NSOZ SW 1

7. NSOZ SW 2

8. NSOZ AX Zoning district

D. Prohibited Uses: New dairy development is not permitted in the NSOZ, but manure from dairies may be transported to and used to fertilize the crops there.