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Council schedules public review after application to permit small-scale game processing in agricultural zones
Summary
An applicant has applied for a zoning text amendment to allow recreational game processing (deer processing) in agricultural districts; staff explained regulators and disposal options and confirmed Planning & Zoning public hearing set for Aug. 4 at 6 p.m., with a subsequent council public hearing to be advertised.
City staff described a zoning text amendment application from a private applicant seeking permission to operate a recreational game‑processing business within agricultural zoning districts. The amendment would add language to the city’s zoning ordinance to permit processing of game (deer) in specified zones; staff said the applicant’s prior request had been denied because the use did not fit existing permitted uses.
Why it matters: council members raised operational and public‑health concerns (disposal of carcasses, proximity to watersheds and neighbors, and attraction of predators) and asked whether state…
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