Marshal CAFO Regs
Well, I guess Marshall County will not soon be moving to regulate CAFO’s:
But as the article notes, the general sense from the planning commission is that they do want to impose a requirement that CAFO’s obtain a special exception from the county before openning. The plan at this point is to draft appropriate language to recommend to the county commissioners, which would be subject to another public hearing before it could occur. So if you are planning a CAFO in Marshall county, you still have some time to get your paperwork in before the new limitations take effect.
February 3rd, 2006 11:47
I was at this meeting, and while observing these guys in action I was reminded of Dean Smith and North Carolina and the old four corners offense. They have the ball and they are going to keep it away from us as long as they can.
March 17th, 2006 05:24
[...] Jon Rettinger is upset about what’s going in across the street from him. His neighbor’s plan to build an 8,000 pig confinement operation got the green light from a Marshall County official, and Rettinger is fighting back: In the formal paperwork, Rettinger’s attorney, Stephen Snyder of Warsaw, presented the board, Rettinger states Booker’s issuance of the building permit violates the Marshall County zoning ordinance.The proposed hog operation is adjacent to and directly across the road from Rettinger’s property at 6322 E. 14th Road in Bourbon. In Rettinger’s written appeal, he also claims the use for which Laidig obtained the permit violates five sections of the ordinance, specifically: General performance standards, health and safety requirements, waste disposal restrictions, intensive livestock operation regulations and storm water sediment controls. For those reasons, Rettinger states, he “will be directly injured and irreparably harmed by construction and operation” of the swine feeding facility. He is asking the BZA to revoke the permit based on “failure to comply” with the zoning ordinance.Link. The BZA will hear the appeal on April 11 at 7:30 p.m. This move follows the earlier public meeting on the CAFO, and the County’s consideration of proposed regulations for CAFO’s. As the regulations have not passed at this point, my guess is that there will be no cause to uphold the challenge to the issuance of the building permit. The CAFO is being constructed on land owned by Matt Laidig, with is being assisted by Livestock Engineering Solutions Inc. of Greenwood, Indiana, the firm formed by Michael A. Veenhuizen, former extension engineer from Ohio State U. [...]