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Appeal hearing opened over whether poultry-litter biorefinery is allowed in A-1 agricultural zone
Summary
The Board of Appeals opened a contested hearing in case WA2507 to determine whether processing poultry litter on-site through a biorefinery is an allowable principal or accessory use in the A-1 agricultural zoning district.
The Wicomico County Board of Appeals opened a hearing on an appeal (case WA2507) challenging the zoning administrator’s determination that processing poultry litter on-site through a biorefinery is not an allowable use in the A-1 agricultural district.
County staff, represented in the hearing by Zoning Administrator Clark Meadows and attorney Erica Wits for the Department of Planning and Zoning, presented a staff report and supporting exhibits. Staff recounted that a stop-work order was issued after the county learned a building permit for an agricultural storage building was being used to construct a structure intended to house a biorefinery. Meadows summarized the record: the applicant had told staff the facility would process poultry litter from the farm to produce biochar and a small quantity of biofuel; the biochar would be bagged on-site and used by the Maryland…
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