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Poultry-house variances prompt questions about setbacks and future expansion at Madison County hearing
Summary
Multiple applicants asked to rezone land to A1 and seek variances for poultry-house setbacks; commissioners pressed applicants to justify deficits (some over 100 feet), and staff reported neighbor opposition concerned that rezoning could enable future poultry development without additional hearings.
Several agenda items before the Madison County Planning & Zoning body centered on requests to rezone parcels to A1 and to grant variances so poultry houses could be built closer to property lines or dwellings than the ordinance normally allows. Commissioners repeatedly asked applicants to explain why variances were needed and whether topography or other hardship criteria applied.
Kenneth Hong asked to rezone 34.79 acres from A2 to A1 to build four poultry houses and requested a variance because one proposed poultry house would be about 200 feet from a side property line with deficit distances reported as roughly…
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