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Charlotte County planning commission recommends aligning poultry rules with state permitting
Summary
At its July 25 meeting the Charlotte County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the county amend poultry facility zoning rules: lowering the animal-unit threshold to 200 to match state permitting, reducing minimum acreage for initial units, adjusting additional-acreage language, changing setback language, and adding a 36-month service requirement for poultry houses.
The Charlotte County Planning Commission on July 25 recommended a series of changes to local poultry facility zoning intended to align county rules with state permitting and nutrient-management guidance.
Vice-Chairman Cornell Goldman called the meeting to order at the Charlotte County Administration Office. Staff reviewed a comparative analysis of the county’s poultry regulations and said that the review incorporated consultations with Gary Wright, Environmental Specialist at the Department of Environmental Quality, and Rachel McAden, Nutrient Management Specialist at the Department of Conservation & Recreation.
Michael Price, a commission member, moved to recommend amending the zoning regulations to reference 200 animal units so the local ordinance matches state permitting requirements; Miller Adams seconded the motion, which the commission approved with all members present voting yes. Price also successfully moved to reduce the minimum acreage requirement for poultry facilities to 15 acres for the first 200 animal units or to the acreage required by a facility’s nutrient management plan if that acreage is greater; Eugene Wells seconded that motion and it passed unanimously.
Eugene Wells moved to revise the additional-acreage requirement so it references 200 animal units rather than 300; Michael Price seconded and the motion carried with all members present voting yes. Later in the meeting, David Watkins moved to require that at least one poultry house be placed in service within 36 months of site-plan approval; Kenny Howard seconded and the commission approved the recommendation.
Commissioners also voted to remove language that had required poultry facilities to maintain a minimum one-mile setback from the Residential District, noting that the town’s separate requirement provides a 1.75-mile setback. James Benn seconded the motion to remove the one-mile setback language; the motion passed with all members present voting yes.
Assistant County Administrator Monica Elder reported at the end of the meeting that the Board of Supervisors’ public hearing on Reuben Stoltzfus’s sawmill permit application is scheduled for Aug. 14 and provided an update on new solar applications and recently approved solar projects. The planning commission meeting then adjourned.
The motions recorded in the transcript are recommendations from the commission; the transcript records that each motion "carried with all members present voting yes," but it does not list individual vote tallies. Hazel Bowman Smith is noted in the attendance record as the Board of Supervisors’ non-voting representative.
