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OH town may tweak law governing manure odors

August 12, 2016, Ontario, OH – The Ontario planning commission recently voted 4-0 to recommend that city council tweak its noxious odors ordinance, making it potentially a third-degree misdemeanor for farmers to fail to fix issues with strong manure smells from animals.

Under the proposed language council will consider, either the zoning inspector or his designee (probably a police officer) would go to the farm to verify whether there is an odor issue that should be corrected. READ MORE