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11 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING OCOBER 18, 1976 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, October 18, 1976 at 7:00 p.m. in Room G5 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr, William L. Cosgrove, Chairman; Mr. James Lambie, Dr. Michael S. Erdos, replacing Dr. Charles Ellicott, and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The Board extended greetings to Dr. Erdos as a new member. Minutes of the September 13, 1976 meeting were approved as typed. Mr. Smith reported that Mr. Smoske of 39 Robinson Rd. had filed an ap- SMOSKE plication to increase his present animal permit by one horse. This, as he 39 ROBINSON RD understood, would be a temporary thing from now until May. At the present time there is no stall facilities for this horse but if the permit was granted he does have space for another stall. Dr. Cosgrove said as he recalled Mr. Smoske did not have the required acreage for the two horses he had now but he did receive grazing rights from the Conservation Committee years ago. He also said this has been a trouble- some permit because of the number of complaints about the horses getting loose and running through people's yards, and also the manure problem has been bad at times. At the present time Mr. Smoske does not own the horses he has, they belong to a Mr. & Mrs. Warrington and she is renting space from Mr. Smoske. We had a lot of trouble with this place this Spring. Dr. Erdos asked what acreage was required to keep horses according to our regulations. Dr. Cosgrove said two acres for one horse, three acres for two horses and etc., however, Mr. Smoske's permit is under the "grandfather" clause which would really leave it up to the Board. Dr. Erdos said in view of the regulations we would have legal grounds to deny this permit. Dr. Cosgrove said that was right but quite often these permits vary with the person and the land situation. Dr. Erdos asked what would happen if we do grant this permit. Mr. Smith said we have the right to take a permit away any time we wanted to. He went on to say if we did not grant this permit Mr. Smoske would have the right to appeal by writing a letter to the Board. He went on to say we often grant permission for a person to bring in an extra horse for a short period of time. Dr. Erdos said something like this could be purely our own decision. Dr. Cosgrove said he suggested that this application be denied based on the past records of Mr. Smoske. Mr. Lambie said he felt that Mr. Smoske ran a very marginal operation. After further discussion it was decided that a re -inspection would be made of Mr. Smoske's property and then Mr. Smith would decide whether to recommend approval of this application.