Ways to stop Proposed Housing Devlopment? Will ruin rural lifestyle of neighborhood.?

Question

We live in rural area on 1 1/4 acre lots. Proposed development of new homes will add 20 new homes next to chicken farm. These homes will mostly be sold to city folks who will flip out when they find out about flies, chicken smells, local coyote population, feather burning stench. The beautiful, tranquil field that a local deer family is known to use each year w/their fawns, is a lovely sight in our neighborhood that most neighbors do not want to see developed. This development will bring crime, more than likely, which we do not have now...not to mention an incredible amount of traffic (minimum of 80 cars) daily on our country lane where people walk (we don't like sidewalks and street lights here, they bring crime) and dogs & children play....currently skunk clan of 15 little ones are using the lane each night on their nightly excursions. Who can I contact to help us in finding a way to prevent this development, by an out of town developer! City sold land thru Redevelopment - Help!

Answer 1

Too bad it doesn't have an endangered species living on it? You would be safe then.

Answer 2

Best way is through environmental impact studies and mobilizing the other people. Get some environmental groups involved who will research the area and possibly force them into doing more studies. You can tie them up a long time with those things. More times than not, though, developers will win out. Depends on how big the government is in the area of the land. Small towns often have a chance. County areas are pretty tough.

Answer 3

Probably nothing. Unless there is an endagnered species habitat, or some zoning violation, there is not much you can do. Even with a zoning violation it will just get resubmitted. You could probably resort to sabotage of equipment at the building site, but I wouldn;t reccomend it. The only thing I could possibly think of is requesting an environmental or archaeological variance, which might delay it.... but the environmental impact study and cultural resource monitoring (archaeology) has probably already been done. I am sorry to say you are probably out of luck. This happens everywhere.