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Planning commission approves re-submittal for large poultry operation near Hanford; county board receives report
Summary
The Kings County Planning Commission approved Conditional Use Permit 2405 for a proposed expansion that would increase a poultry operation to about 760,000 chickens and add an on-site incinerator and employee housing; the board was informed at its Sept. 9 meeting.
The Kings County Planning Commission on Sept. 8 approved Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 2405, a resubmittal of a project that had previously expired, to expand an existing poultry operation near Hanford, county staff reported to the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9.
Deputy Community Development Director Alex Hernandez told the board the application would expand an existing poultry farm from 280,000 chickens to an additional 480,000, yielding a total of approximately 760,000 birds. The project as described in the application includes construction of 432,000 square feet of new poultry barns (16 structures approximately 54 feet by 500 feet each), an on-site incinerator and two mobile homes to house farm employees. The site is at 19258 Fourteenth Avenue in Hanford on roughly 70 acres, Hernandez said, and the approved planning commission action adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. 2505.
Hernandez said the application was a re-submittal because the earlier approval (CUP 1713) had expired. The planning commission—s approval is a land-use decision by the commission; the board received the informational report during its regular calendar.
Why it matters: A facility of the scale proposed would introduce significant animal agriculture activity near Hanford, and the project includes an incinerator and employee housing that may raise questions about environmental impacts, traffic and permitting. The planning commission approval will be reflected in the project record and permit files.
The board did not reverse or act to override the planning commission—s action during the Sept. 9 meeting; the planning commission approved the CUP the night before, Hernandez said. The county will continue to process required permits and environmental compliance materials as part of the project record.
