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Resident objects to BZA variance allowing backyard chickens; council explains limits on zoning authority
Summary
Doug Weaver, a subdivision resident, told the Elkhart County Council that a Board of Zoning Appeals decision to allow up to 12 backyard chickens and a roadside stand harms neighborhood character; council members and residents discussed covenant enforcement and limits of the council's zoning authority.
Doug Weaver of 56004 Jane Drive told the Elkhart County Council during the public comment period that he and 63 neighbors oppose a Board of Zoning Appeals variance that allows up to 12 chickens and a roadside stand in their subdivision.
"I was at the BZA office this morning... I was trying to remove the emotional part of it," Weaver said, recounting that he and his neighbors expected zoning and…
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