Family’s potbellied pigs provide emotional support, but township says they can’t have them
They could find no fault with the violation notice, so that appeal was denied. And they could find no reason to issue a variance based on hardship.
“I appreciate the testimony,” Beecher said. “From an emotional stance, I see it, I’m a mother myself. But this hardship was self-created.”
In order to get a variance based on hardship, an applicant must meet four criteria. Wisherd and Beecher felt the family could have avoided this with a phone call to the township office to ask if Manchester Township allowed potbellied pigs to be kept as pets in residential areas.