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Council sets notification, schedules hearing for O'Brien animal-keeping variance
City of Marion Council · March 16, 2026
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Summary
Council instructed staff to treat the O'Brien family's request to keep animals inside city limits as a variance, notify neighbors within 200 feet by certified mail, and schedule a hearing in April when the applicants expect to appear.
Councilmembers discussed a request from the O'Brien family to keep animals on a property that is partly zoned agricultural but lies inside Marion city limits.
James (speaker 2), who reviewed zoning and code, said the property's agricultural zoning permits horses and goats, but a city-code…
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