Cherry Valley Trustees Ban Farm Animals By JENNIFER HILLS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – In a unanimous vote, the Village Board Monday evening approved a ban on farm animals, excepting “fowl and chickens,” within village limits “to protect the health and welfare of residents.” The law, Local Law 1 of 2019, notably allows property owners to apply for a waiver by the Village Board “if required for religious purposes,” which was added to the law after some village residents…
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Why May C-V Ban Farm Animals? It’s Not Romeo, Mayor Says: Who Wants To Live Next To Barnyard? By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – The good news is: Romeo will not be banished. Beyond that, it appears likely the Village Board at its next meeting, Monday, Aug. 19, will likely ban farm animals within village limits. The way Mayor Lou Guido sees it, chickens will stay, but roosters will go. Romeo is “grandfathered”…
ISSUE TABLED UNTIL AUG. 19 20 People Address Ban On Farm Animals In CV CHERRY VALLEY – Twenty citizens addressed a proposed law that would ban farm animals in the village at a public hearing last evening before the Cherry Valley Village Board. After the hearing’s close, Local Law #1 – titled “A Local Law to Repeal Local Law #2 of the Year 1986, as Amended by Local Law #2 of 1994, and to Prohibit the Harboring of Farm Animals…