Carroll County CAFO Update
Carroll County did something with a proposed amendment to its zoning code. I think what happened is that the area plan commission met and voted to send the amendment on to the county commissioners for approval. The amendment would leave the determination to issue a building permit for a CAFO to the zoning administrator, the political sentiment being that requiring a farm manager to apply for a special exception would be too burdensome on large farms:
"It doesn’t go far enough," said Elaine McCain of Camden. "We needed that special exception."
Cutler area resident Terris Ayres disagreed. "I think the special exception would be a very poor idea."
Flora attorney Miriam Robeson referred to a special exception as an "undo burden" for large operators. She said that designation would give "anyone with an agenda to come and talk about it."
Link (Carroll County Comet).
Heck knows we don’t want people coming out to talk about these things before they are built. . . .
