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Madison County supervisors move Gerald Fuchs’ goat permit to Planning Commission

3207762 · May 7, 2025
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Summary

A preliminary review for a special-use permit to keep goats on a 1.191-acre R‑1 lot at 3632 Wolftown Hood Road was forwarded to the Planning Commission after discussion about herd size, fencing and health setbacks; the applicant currently keeps six goats, one of them pregnant.

Madison County supervisors voted to send a preliminary special-use application by Gerald Fuchs to the county Planning Commission for formal review and recommendation. The application seeks a special-use permit to keep livestock on a 1.191-acre R‑1 lot at 3632 Wolftown Hood Road (Madison County tax map 46 54 b).

The move came after staff described the case as arising from a neighbor complaint about livestock being kept on a property smaller than 2 acres. Planning staff told the panel the county’s zoning code requires a special-use permit for livestock on lots under two acres. "This case has come to us as a ... complaint initially about livestock being kept on a property smaller than 2 acres in the R1…

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