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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    We don't have an answer yet, but the variance hearing went well. The Zoning Board of Appeals was very receptive. One of the members even owns a farm with plenty of chickens and helped answer and verify some questions. The issue of the moment is that we our property in on a state road, which...
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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    Our variance hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals is tonight...please wish us luck!
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    environmental impact -pro chicken studies? Anything out there?

    Excellent info, thanks!
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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    @rancher hicks: Thanks for the reply. I am zoned residential. When I first e-mailed the town they replied saying, "Below is the code section that prohibits the raising of livestock within the Village of Victor" and pasted in code § 170-21 Livestock. I then called and briefly explained why I felt...
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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    Quote: Thanks for your input, Penturner! I was thinking the same thing but I don't think the code inspector's feel the same way. I'll know more in a couple weeks!
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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    Wow! Thanks for your input! Here's a link to the relevnat search on our codes: http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=VI0198&search=poultry I think are right about "b". My wife is going to have a great "I told you so" moment. In the letter we received they provide their definition of farm: FARM Any...
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    Upstate, NY - Need help interpreting our code for variance hearing

    Hello everybody. My family and I are looking to house some egg layers on our property in the Village of Victor, NY. Current codes don't allow it, but we're trying to get a variance. We're also documenting the adventure on our blog at http://SmithCoop.com. Here's the current code: § 170-21...
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