call someone at your local zoning office and have them send you the rulesI am finding some things that say 50' from neighbors dwelling and 50' from property lines. If thats correct then, in most cases, chickens are not allowed in the city at all. Not a lot of homes in the city have enough yard to keep a coop 50' from any property line.
What this is leading me to, is that I may have to get rid of my birds and coop. There's the beginnings of a neighbor war going on here. The hoarder on the street has been complained on numerous times because she covers her yard with carpet and keeps piles of cardboard in her carport and yard. Pack rats are becoming a big problem now. I've seen them dive in and out from under her carpeted yard. I think people are starting to complain about everything now. The inspector gave me 10 days to clean up the weed/grass in my backyard while telling me my chickens aren't legal.
I've had hens for nearly 3 years now and have enjoyed it and many neighbors have purchased eggs from me in the past, but if there's gonna be a neighborhood complaint fest, I gotta get rid of them.