Houston County panel approves setback variance for Ellens feedlot pit near dwellings
Houston County officials granted an area variance to allow a concrete manure pit on the Ellens farm closer than the standard setback from nearby dwellings, after staff described incremental growth in animal-unit counts and neighbors said they did not object to the chosen location.
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A Houston County board granted an area variance May 22 to allow a manure-storage pit at the Robert and Lori Ellens farm in Caledonia Township to be located closer than the county's standard setback from nearby dwellings.
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