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P&Z recommends variance to allow poultry farm litter storage building after owner cites NRCS funding and biosecurity needs
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend a variance allowing a litter-storage (stack) house within setbacks at a poultry operation, after the applicant and NRCS said the structure was sized to handle litter during quarantines and to prevent runoff to a nearby creek.
The Madison County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a variance request for a poultry operation to construct a stack house for litter storage that would sit inside the usual setback on one corner.
The applicant (identified in the hearing record as "Penguin Paul") told the commission the existing on-site 40-by-50 building lacks capacity and that litter is being dumped into a parking area where runoff reaches an on-site creek. The applicant said the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has reviewed and approved an NRCS-funded plan and that the new stack house must be built at the…
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