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A., *B-2 Wednesday,February 24,1993 • The Modesto Bee 0*90 ■ MU,mtr0%/The-- Reg"lon• I'Uu'Ubal fur uhiukelafti farm uaubeo a Tidli ■ By FRANCIS P. GARLAND lished in 1961,but a development Swanson said his ostrich San Joaquin) delta." utility services and grading for ese staff writer application never was approved. breeders are valued at $80,000 Gonzales said that if the new the property must be approved. FARMINGTON — A Modesto In most cases, applications for per pair and yearlings are worth operation is anything like the old According to the conditions poultry farmer's plans to pump such projects are processed by $25,000 a pair. one,the neighbors are in trouble. OK'd by the Planning Commis- new life into a dormant business the San Joaquin County planning He said he's not dead set "It was a mess, and he's talking sion, Huang would need to re- here has ruffled the feathers of staff, but this one went before against the chicken farm, but about a whole lot of birds this move manure from the premises some of his would-be neighbors. the Planning Commission for ap- wants to make sure strict condi- time." once a week or provide a man- William Huang has obtained proval because of the amount of tions are placed on the new ten- agement plan acceptable to the preliminary approval to re-estab- controversy, county planner ant. John Turner, an engineer state Regional Water Quality fish a farm for more than 300,000 Richard Larrouy said. Swanson and Gonzales are working on the site, said Huang Control Board and the county's birds,despite protests from near- The commission unanimously concerned with the farm's pond operates several similar farms in Environmental Health Division. by residents who fear the project approved the application last setup. Both said the ponds, used the area and hasn't had any Gonzales owns property near- would create odor, waste, traffic week,but not before several area to dispose of manure, aren't big problems. Huang was not avail- by and said there are more than and drainage problems. property owners spoke against enough to handle that and winter able for comment. 650 10-acre parcels in old subdi- The 78-acre parcel on Carter the project, including Roxanna rains. Turner said it's likely Huang visions surrounding the proposed Road near the San Joaquin-Stan- Gonzales and Rich Swanson. "Those ponds are 80 percent would need to modify the ponds poultry ranch. islaus county line is owned by Swanson,who owns an ostrich full right now and there is no before he could obtain permits "I realize this area is zoned for Wells Fargo Bank. Huang is in- ranch that borders the proposed operation going," said Swanson. necessary to open his business. agriculture, but times have terested in the land, which chicken ranch, said he is con- "You're going to end up with ma- Larrouy said that before any changed," she said. "And these housed a poultry farm that went cerned that the new business nure getting washed into the county permits are issued, engi- subdivisions have been around out of business three years ago. could generate diseases that drainage ditches, the creeks and neering plans that show drain- since the late 1800s. Who was The chicken farm was estab- would infect his ostriches. eventually into the (Sacramento- age, driveway access, parking, here first?"