HomeMy WebLinkAboutBoard of Health letter 07292026 (1)July 28, 2026
Yarmouth Board of Health
Re: 88/100 Mill Lane Stable License Application
Dear Members of the Board of Health,
We have attended the Board of Health meetings for the above property and have additional
concerns regarding this project.
We have owned our home at 122 Water St for almost nine years. Our property is directly across
the narrow road from where 30 goats and 2 donkeys would be living as described in the
application. We are abutters as defined by the Yarmouth Conservation Commission (YCC) and
have a significant interest in this proposal.
Our home is amongst one of the closest properties to the stable. In contrast, the applicants’
residence is located at the far end of their waterfront property, making it about as far from the
stable as possible while still being on the same property. In fact, the distance between the
applicants’ home to the stable is approximately 500 feet, while our home is only approximately
300 feet away from the stable.
Our household, along with other nearby neighbors, would experience the noise and odor
produced by these animals most directly and on a daily basis. It seems apparent that the noise
from over 30 goats, and 2 donkeys would constitute “Sounds of sufficient intensity and/or duration
as to: a) cause of nuisance b) be injurious or, on the basis of current information, potentially
injurious to human health, or c) unreasonably interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life and
property” as defined in Chapter 202 of the Yarmouth Stable regulations. For us, these are changes
that would directly affect our home, our health and quality of life.
As the YCC confirmed, the property is not currently a “farm.” There was no evidence of a “farm”,
or any farm livestock on the applicants’ property before we purchased our home and moved into
the neighborhood.
We are also very concerned about ongoing monitoring of these proposed activities. Should the
applicants’ license be approved, how and when will the Board of Health be monitoring the odor,
noise and sounds to ensure that they are in compliance with chapter 202 of the Stable regulations.
We respectfully request that the Board give strong consideration to the perspectives and concerns
of those residents who will bear the greatest and most immediate impacts. We ask the Board not
to approve this stable application. Not only for the welfare of up to 47 hoofed animals living on
1.44 acres, but for the health and welfare of the neighborhood and taxpayers of Yarmouth.
Sincerely,
Michael & Kathy Heraghty