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    DELTA COUNTY

    LAND USE REGULATIONS

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    joannlkalenak
    Aug 20, 2020

    NEW LAND-USE CODE WOULD ALLOW 350+ PIGS ON 5 ACRES WITH ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

    in Questions for the County

    Although members of the CAFO Working Group agreed on how to categorize Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) by specific "animal units," the proposed land-use plan broadened their definitions greatly, opening the door to much larger animal counts then recommended.

    In a plan that confused even Planning Commissioners at yesterday's land-use plan work session, animal units would be defined like this:

    Cattle, Beef = 1 animal unit Cattle, Dairy = 1.4 animal unit Chicken = .02 animal unit Elk = .5 animal unit Geese, Ducks, Turkeys = .03 animal unit Goat = .2 animal unit Horse = 1 animal unit Sheep = .2 animal unit Swine = .4 animal unit Bison = 1 animal unit

    CAFO Working Group members recommended that a minor AFO contain fewer than 50 animal units. The county, however, is planning for 50-to-149 animal units.

    Translation: A 373-animal pig farm could go on five acres (A5 zone) with limited review and administrative approval.

    Anything but minor.

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