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By: Christina Butler CODORUS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Members of a York County township are banding together to oppose a proposed poultry farm and feed mill. The proposal for the facility in Codorus Township is listed under James Bailey and Hillandale Farms. Bailey already operates a chicken farm on an adjacent property off of Daron Road. Neighbors fear the new facility will be too much. "It's just a lot, for our small area," said resident Brian Kaltreider. Kaltreider worries the traffic will increase because of new trucks, and estimates the water use would be close to a million gallons a day. "Especially a processing center that should be on industrial land. They're trying to put that on agriculture land and it looks like they will because years ago he was a supervisor, and during his term he got that put in the ordinance to allow that on ag land. So is that in the interest of the township or is in his own interest?" said Kaltreider. Kaltreider resigned as township manager so he could fight this issue. He said Bailey was a previous township supervisor, and that is when he adjusted the ordinance. Kaltreider and other members of the York County Friends of Family Farmers plan to meet weekly, with larger public meetings every month. "You either sell your house now and stick somebody with it if they don't know about it, or later you just lose house values and also we like it here and don't really know where else we'd want to live," said Kaltreider about the damage he worries the plant would inflict on home values. Bailey has not responded to a request for comment.