Marion County officials granted permission to a Silver Springs homeowner to keep a pot-bellied pig on her property, despite receiving a petition with 69 signatures in opposition to the request and hearing at least eight public comments from neighbors citing odor, well contamination, and their homeowners’ association’s rules in defense of removing the pig.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners (MCBCC) granted a reasonable accommodation with several conditions to Camilla Clark during its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 19.
The county says it received nine letters of opposition to Clark’s request. On Tuesday, before public comments were taken, staff also stated that it had received a petition with 69 signatures against the request…