tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10210450.post7733790488837579873..comments2023-08-18T07:10:12.166-05:00Comments on WAHM Diary: Farming Factskmyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10216143116241079512noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10210450.post-69151825993673980872007-07-10T15:50:00.000-05:002007-07-10T15:50:00.000-05:00http://www.newtoncountyenterprise.com/articles/200...http://www.newtoncountyenterprise.com/articles/2007/07/06/news/news05.txt<BR/><BR/>Copied text here because that link will die soon.<BR/><BR/>BZA grants Fair Oaks Dairy permission to house calves<BR/><BR/>Dairy unaware there was no zoning for the 1,200 calves housed since 2001<BR/><BR/>By Tony Metheny /Staff Reporter<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The Board of Zoning Appeals met last Tuesday night to discuss a Variance to Ordinance and a Special Exception. First the special exception was discussed and this pertained to the Fair Oaks Dairy LLC. The Dairy, represented by Steve Ryan during the meeting, needed a special exception to have 1,200 head of calves. Currently, they are housing about 1,200 head but it was not permitted for them to do so. The Dairy, however, did not know that they didn’t have the approval of the board and have had roughly this many calves since 2001.<BR/><BR/>Carl Ramsey, a farm manager at the site of discussion, was there to represent Fair Oaks. Ramsey again explained that without knowing they were not permitted to have such a large number of calves, they have been occupying around 1,200 head. He noted that they have had around that number of calves for about six or seven years and they just wanted to make it right with the board and do everything legally.<BR/><BR/>The boards only concerns were that the property stays as is without adding more hutches for the calves to stay in and without adding more than 1,200 head of calves. They also wanted to make sure that the animals would be properly taken care of if the Dairy were to have such a high head count of calves.<BR/><BR/>Carl Ramsey promised that the area of discussion would not change what-so-ever and that no more than about 1,200 head would occupy that space.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The BZA granted Fair Oaks to have no more than 1,200 head of calves as longs as the area remains unchanged as far as adding hutches and buildings for more calves to stay in. There is also a regulation of hutches that will be part of the boards requirements. The number of hutches in the area is not certain yet, but the Dairy will get the exact number of hutches to the board and no more than that specific number will be able to occupy that area.<BR/><BR/>For the full version of this story, see the July 4 edition of The Enterprise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com