Welcome to the Town of York!

  Realities of Country Living

                                                (with thanks to the Town of Adams, Green County)

  WHEREAS you are applying for a driveway permit to construct a residence on land zoned agricultural;

  WHEREAS the Town of York Board of Supervisors wants to provide security to farms and agribusiness operating in our town as well as provide protection for you and your property;

  WHEREAS what may be pleasant to one may be offensive to another; meet your neighbors so you understand their perspective;

  THEREFORE the Town of York Board of Supervisors uses this means to educate and inform applicants who apply for driveway permits of potential drawbacks of country living such as:

             NOISE:  from traffic, animals, tractors, motors, dryers, etc.

           TRAFFIC:  from semis, trucks, tractors, farm equipment, sprayers, wide slow- Moving vehicles,                              stray cattle, etc.

            DUST:  from traffic, soil blowing, chopping hay, pollen, etc.

            ODOR:  from farms, feedlots, chemicals, fertilizers, manure, slurry, etc.

            SPRAYING:  of pesticides, fertilizer, etc.

            FENCES:  Landowners with or without animals are responsible for maintaining a

                        Legal fence (See Chapter 90.05 of the WI State Statutes).

            SIGHT:  from materials, parts, vehicles, etc. stored outside.

            PUBLIC SERVICES:  reduced from city living – no garbage pickup, no bus pickup,

 no mail delivery on private roads

EMERGENCY SERVICES:  longer response times for fire, police, ambulance, etc.

            WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE:  could be snow-covered and slippery longer.

                        Plows do not run 24 hours a day.  No plowing of private drives or non-township roadways.  In case of emergency, contact one of the board members.

EXPANSION:  A farm presently operating in the Town should have the right to

 expand so long as they follow all applicable state, county, and other

 ordinances and building codes.

  As an applicant for a driveway/building permit, I have read/understood the above statement.  (To be submitted with Driveway Permit application)

  ____________________________________________________  Applicant

  ____________________________________________________ Date

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