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That truck will take it to Kentucky. I don’t like the smell and flies, either.”

As for living on the property, he said he is in the process of finding a home close to the property for his father, then he plans to move his family onto the property. “I want to live on my farm,” he said. County Administrator James Ledbetter told the Board that Evans would be required to meet all of the conditions for development of a dry litter poultry operation before the county could issue a building permit and read those requirements: Include a Development and Design Plan. A comprehensive, detailed site plan showing and identifying significant onsite and proposed features, to include: (1) The boundaries of the parcel of land by survey. (2) Any existing and proposed structures on the property. (3) Any water impoundments and/or waterways on the property. (4) Any existing and proposed septic systems. (5) Any existing and proposed screening. (6) Any public roadways directly serving the parcel of land. (7) Required setbacks. See ULDC Section 4.03.02. (8) Required buffer zones as described in ULDC Section 4.03.021. (9) Any existing and proposed utility lines. (10) Existing and proposed topographic contours at vertical intervals of five (5) feet maximum (U.S.G.S topographic maps may be used for existing contours). (11) The design of the chicken houses, stack houses and operations should minimize the impacts of the poultry house on adjacent properties. For example, the ventilation fan exhausts should be directed away from the closest property lines of adjoining properties. b. Nutrient (waste) management plan. The Design and Development Plan shall include a Nutrient (Waste) Management Plan (NMP) that establishes the methods by which waste generated as part of the Dry Litter Poultry Operation will be managed and disposed of including any temporary storage of such waste if managed on-site. The NMP shall, at a minimum, include best management practices and procedures necessary to implement applicable waste limitations and standards. A copy of the plan must be maintained on site and available for inspection by the Ordinance Officer upon his request.

Last July, the Gordon County Board of Commissioners amended the Unified Land Development Code for Dry Litter Poultry Operations, which put stricter application requirements for DLPOs, including requirements for development and design plans, nutrient/waste management plans, water supply and usage plans, land owner notice requirements for adjacent property owners; buffer zones; setbacks and other various requirements including stricter odor control, impact of the character of surrounding neighborhoods and traffic nuisances.