Anthony Little

The applicant filed a complaint regarding noise from the respondents' farm.

After multiple delays and adjournments, a pre-hearing conference was scheduled.

The applicant and her agent failed to attend the teleconference.

The Board dismissed the application due to the applicant's non-attendance and declined to award costs to the respondents.

The applicants brought a complaint before the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board regarding noise disturbances from bird bangers operated by the respondents on their adjacent grape farm.

The Board found that the applicants established the existence of a nuisance, as the noise caused an unreasonable interference with the enjoyment of their property.

The Board further determined that the respondents failed to prove the disturbance resulted from a normal farm practice.

Evidence showed the equipment was used maliciously, contrary to Best Management Practices, and without agricultural justification.

The Board ordered a permanent ban on the respondents' use of any acoustical bird control devices on the specified properties.

The applicants filed a complaint regarding noise disturbances from a vineyard operation owned by the respondents.

After an unsuccessful mediation, a hearing commenced before the Normal Farm Practices Protection Board.

On the second day of the hearing, the parties advised the Board that they had reached a settlement.

The Board declined to approve the specific details of the settlement but ordered the application withdrawn on consent of the parties.

The applicant filed a complaint regarding noxious odors and excessive flies emanating from rotting hay bales stored by the respondent dairy farmers near their shared property line.

The Normal Farm Practices Protection Board found that the odors constituted a disturbance and that the respondents failed to prove the storage location was a normal farm practice.

However, the Board found insufficient evidence to establish a disturbance caused by flies.

The Board ordered the respondents to cease storing hay or straw within 100 meters of the applicant's residence.

The applicants filed a complaint regarding noise, light, and vibration disturbances caused by the respondents' early morning use of a diesel tractor to feed cattle.

The Normal Farm Practices Protection Board found that the operation of heavy farm machinery between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. constituted a disturbance and was not a normal farm practice.

The Board ordered the respondents to restrict their use of heavy farm machinery for transporting cattle feed to hours outside this period, except for necessary snow removal.