Eric,



Not In My Neighbor's Back Yard (N.I.M.N.B.Y.)...



>>“I’ve lived there for 16 years and don’t want more than five snakes and definitely don’t want rats,” said neighbor Tom Kollars.



Mr. Kollars, you already have “rats” in your neighborhood…They’re called squirrels and/or rabbits…



>>“They have no respect for anyone else’s property and I smell an odor from the (compost) area.”



What about the “smell” from the garbage can in your own backyard? I’m certain that there is a pungent odor of the decaying food scraps (e.g. fat, poultry parts, shrimp, fish, etc)…Should your neighbors force you to transport your “mal-odorous” garbage away from you backyard when it begins to smell? Don’t you have any respect for anyone’s property when they are trying to cook on the grill outside in their own back yards?



Sounds to me like the Darrah’s are trying to be “green” and use the shavings for garden compost…It will be very “hot” for nitrates from the urine from the rats. Also, by keeping this waste out of the solid waste stream (not in the landfill), the Darrah’s are utilizing waste minimization practices (which ISO grants “green points” for)…Again, waste minimization IS an acceptable practice (USEPA) for certain “approved” waste streams…



I wonder if Mr. Kollars gives it a second thought when he goes to a hardware store and buys some form of compost or manure for his yard or garden. I wonder where that came from? I guess in Mr. Kollars sheltered world, its OK if the “waste” is recycled away from his property…



I guess he should drive around back of every single restaurant and/or grocery store and check out their dumpsters and/or waste cooking grease containers (heaven forbid a seafood restaurant)…Ooooo that smell!



>>Neighbor Matt Bertasso also worried about the waste. “What happens to it?” he asked. “Does it go in the ground and in our well water?”



This comment is absolutely choice…Mr. Bertasso, depending where you live (Plymouth, RI?), I’d wager a bet that within a 25-30 mile radius of your home, there is a solid waste landfill (unless your state ships it to a neighboring state or takes it out to sea). The household garbage (yours included) goes there for burial (as per federal or state regulations). What about the raw and cooked meat scraps that you throw away every single day? How about the dirty diapers from your neighbor’s children (five of them)? They are in there as well. The solid waste landfill is well within the "aquifer gradient" of somebody’s drinking water…



So guess what Mr. Bertasso, the rain (and the melted snow) perks through that entire soil column down to the shallow and/or deep water aquifers that you are drinking if you are on well water. Oh yeah, the rain also perks through the soil column of those folks with a septic sewer system if they are outside of the local waste water treatment plant. If you are on local water, then your drinking water is coming from an open source of water (lake, river, etc) after purification and treatment. Of course, there are those elemental trace "heavy metals" that are also in the water such as lead, mercury, silver, etc…



It’s amazing to read just how oblivious some folks really are in there own little sheltered worlds…



>>City building commissioner Keith Hammonds recommended granting the special-use kennel permit since it would require periodic inspections and compliance with health department guidelines for disposal of waste.



Which inevitably be the solid waste landfill…Just like all of the rest of the solid waste that all of the neighbors generate on a daily basis…Along with the local animal shelter and all of the local veterinarians (except for the animal carcasses and pharmaceuticals), grocery stores, restaurants, etc…



Later,

Jim.


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