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The Board discussed the manure situation (past situation) at Smoske's. When the dumpster was full, it was not removed or emptied and members of the Board had witnessed it. The girls that boarded horses enjoyed having them, but.they did not.like physically taking care of them. Mrs. Smoske said in 1973, we had a large horse that broke through the fence and she had to have them repaired. She said that the problems that she had in the past two or three years was because the girl's horse was a jumper and kept jumping the fence. Mrs. Smoske said she had to restrain the horse in a small area and therefore the manure piled up. -. Dr. Erdos and Mr. Lambie discussed the regulations briefly and asked if one abutter objected to this permit would they be obligated to revoke this permit with the past history of this permit. Dr. Erdos asked Mr. Freier what in his mind or other abutters minds would be "just" in giving this permit? Mrs. Freier said when a temporary, when it is changed to the regular conditions then become horrible. Mrs. Freier said we try to live comfortably beside our neighbors. At one time we signed for a temporary permit and it didn't work out. Mrs. Smoske asked: "When did I ever have a temporary permit?" Mr. Lambie said we gave you a temporary one within the past two years. Mrs. Smoske said that at that time, Mr. Comerford had said he would remove his horse from her property because it was always jumping out of the corral. Mr. Smith said: "But he never did remove the horse." Dr. Cosgrove said that we cannot base this permit on one incident anyway, our file is full of complaints since 1973 about the manure, conditions, etc. How many times do we have to go through this? Mrs. Smoske said she didn't receive any letter about conditions. Dr. Erdos said that he has read the file and there are copies of letters there that had informed her of the conditions. The Board stated that they are not singling out Mrs. Smoske but each permit owner is looked at individually. Some other barns in town are clean enough to eat off the floor. The Smoske property has never been taken care of properly. Dr. Cosgrove said "The policy has been, if the abutters object then a permit is not given. Now we have three abutters objecting. Should we change our policy? Mr. Lambie said that he goes along with Dr. Cosgrove. We have had many problems with the Smoskes and when there are abuttors objecting, a permit should not be given. Mrs. Smoske said she has a barn and should be given a permit. She said "808" requires that she has a permit. 1 1 1