Video: No New Poultry Ordinance

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) -Monroe County Supervisors say a proposed poultry plan won’t fly.

In a 3-2 vote the Board decided to keep the existing chicken industry ordinance.

The new rules would have increased the distance between chicken houses and homes or businesses, beyond what is required by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.

Residents’ concerns over new and expanding poultry operations caused supervisors to consider making changes.

District 3 Supervisor Chip Chism was a supporter of the proposal..

“I don’t believe in telling no body what they can do on their own property, but they were going to, and probably still are going to put this chicken housing in a pretty populated area and I know them folks don’t like it. So, I didn’t want to do it, but I didn’t have no choice,” says Monroe County Supervisor Chip Chism.

Chism says he doesn’t think this will be the last time for a new ordinance to come up for discussion.