Can I install a bathroom in the agricultural structure? Yes. A plumbing permit will not be required for this portion of the work.
Wow this is so awesome - my mushroom innoculation structure that is a 10 x 12 and thus requires no permit - now officially ALSO requires no permit for the composting toilet storage.
Normally even if a composting toilet has no discharge (and thus no sewage permit is required) as long as said "toilet treatment device" is in a "structure" (like a small building aka a privy) then a Subsurface Sewage Permit is still required!!
And in my county a Sewage permit even for a privy requires a licensed soil testing inspection, etc. - ye 'ole "thousands of dollars" scam deal, etc.
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/wq-wwists4-43.pdf
So there you go - the fact that I already got the IRS to process my structure as a Shiitake Mushroom processing agriculture depreciation cost thereby officially qualifies me also to have my composting toilet in said "agricultural structure."
This is a big deal to be sure.
So technically my land should get tax assessed as agricultural land since that's what I use it for...but since I don't have any building permits then there is no reason for it to be assessed as any "official" tax capacity thus far....
The building will not be used for any purpose other than Agricultural Purposes, as defined by MN Statute 326B.103 (designed, constructed, and used to house farm implements, livestock, or agricultural products) on land as defined in MN Statute 273.13 subd. 23.
The building will be used for “agricultural purposes” including raising, cultivating, drying, or storage of agricultural products for sale, or the storage of machinery or equipment used in support of agricultural production by the same farm entity.
for intensive market farming; for purposes of this paragraph, "market farming" means the cultivation of one or more fruits or vegetables or production of animal or other agricultural products for sale to local markets by the farmer or an organization with which the farmer is affiliated.
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “A farm is defined as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.”
This definition takes into account that farms that may not have sold $1,000 or more of products in a specific year, but normally do every other year. According to the USDA, these tend to be smaller farms that experience low sales in a particular year. These farms tend to be very small and normally have profitable seasons. In some years, however, they experience low sales due to bad weather, disease or changes in marketing strategies.
IRS definition of what qualifies as a farm
According to the United States Internal Revenue Service, a business qualifies as a farm if it is actively cultivating, operating or managing land for profit. A farm includes livestock, dairy, poultry, fish, vegetables and fruit.
Individuals or businesses that meet the definition of farming may be able to deduct certain farm-related expenses or losses as part of their annual tax filing.
Where you live is your main home if you spend the majority of your time there
Subp. 52b.
Mushrooms.
B.
"Mushrooms, cultivated" means edible species of mushrooms that have been grown by a person or persons under controlled conditions, outdoors or indoors, on natural or artificial substrate.
well I don't know how "controlled" the conditions are. hahaha.
https://www.lccmr.mn.gov/projects/1993-index.html
Description and Evaluation of Minnesota Old Growth Forests - Continuation
Subd. 06c $250,000 MFRF
Kurt A. Rusterholz
Natural Heritage Program
DNR, Box 7
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (612) 297-7265
The DNR accelerated the evaluation of DNR old-growth candidate stands,
developed detailed descriptions of old-growth examples of three forest
types; and, characterized the ecotropic mycorrhizal fungi found in
important old-growth forest types.
- 449 DNR old-growth candidate stand were sampled during the project.
- Of the 449 stands, 415 were formally evaluated and recommended for protection or release.
- 51 forest stands of three forest types: maple-basswood, oak, and black ask swamp were sampled for species and structural composition.
- Mycorrhizal fungi fruiting bodies (mushrooms) were quantitatively surveyed in two old-growth forest stands. Higher mushroom species richness was found in the old-growth forests for eastern North America, and will provide baseline data for environmental monitoring of forest health.
- The results of the old-growth stand evaluations have been used by the DNR to identify which candidate stand will be protected as old-growth.
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