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Amherst Zoning Board deliberates chicken-keeping variance; applicant absent
Summary
The Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed a request from Ryan Banyas to keep 13 fowl on a lot under 1 acre. The applicant was absent; the board entered deliberative session and no public decision on the variance was recorded. The meeting approved minutes and adjourned.
The Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals met Dec. 17, 2025, to consider a variance request from resident Ryan Banyas to keep 13 fowl on a property of less than one acre. The applicant did not appear; board members discussed whether Banyas had established a nonconforming use and then moved into deliberative session with no public decision on the variance recorded.
The request, introduced by the chair, seeks permission to exceed the code limit cited in the meeting (transcribed as "Chapter 505.13(a)(4)") that the board discussed as allowing no more than four fowl in an R‑1 district on parcels under one acre. The item had been…
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