GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Members of the Georgetown Township Zoning Board of Appeals say they plan to allow a boy with autism to keep the ducks he uses for therapy, though they adjourned their Wednesday meeting without a formal decision.
Neighbors had complained that 12-year-old Dylan Dyke's two ducks were a nuisance, saying they were smelly and left waste on their property. Township officials then said the ducks violate a zoning ordinance that prohibits farm animals. Dylan's doctor wrote a note saying the ducks are emotional support animals and Dylan's parents filed for a variance, hoping he would be allowed to keep them.
More than 100 people, many wearing T-shirts supporting Dylan and his ducks, attended the meeting at which the Zoning Board of Appeals heard arguments on the matter. Board members said they had been out to observe the ducks and the conditions at the home.
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