The Wicomico County Council approved a set of regulations for large chicken house operations yesterday.
The new rules call for greater setbacks, significant vegetation buffers and construction approval by the Board of Appeals for those in residential areas.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that Council President John Cannon said that the new rules would protect health and property values for those who live in the agricultural areas.
Meanwhile, the lone dissenting vote was Ernest Davis who lives in the Naylor Mill area where a large operation is planned.
