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I've been thinking about keeping either a few hens or maybe raising quail. But, I'm still in the "toying with the idea / research" phase.
I feel absolutely illiterate trying to read municipal codes and ordinances and...gah. I don't want to keep digging and asking around and get my heart set on this any more than it already is only to find later that I can't have any sort of poultry.
From the posts I read on http://www.meetup.com/chickens/messages/boards/forum/941455 it seems to be a resounding, emphatic, and absolutely depressing shade of "no". But then back in March there was this article in AJC where it says that in Gwinnett County you have to have to be able to keep them is 3 acres.
http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/raising-chickens-hatching-a-1378848.html
Here's Gwinnett's Municipal code :
http://www.municode.com/Library/GA/Gwinnett_County
And Sugar Hill's :
http://www.cityofsugarhill.com/filestorage/62/141/361/Sugar_Hill_City_Code.pdf
But they contradict one another, don't they?
On a lighter and less important note:
"All garbage cans and refuse containers shall be rat proof,
insect proof, water tight, structurally strong to withstand handling stress, easily filled,
emptied and cleaned; shall be provided with tight-fitting covers or similar closures, and
shall be maintained at all times in a clean sanitary condition."
My elected officials have never once owned a garbage can.
I feel absolutely illiterate trying to read municipal codes and ordinances and...gah. I don't want to keep digging and asking around and get my heart set on this any more than it already is only to find later that I can't have any sort of poultry.
From the posts I read on http://www.meetup.com/chickens/messages/boards/forum/941455 it seems to be a resounding, emphatic, and absolutely depressing shade of "no". But then back in March there was this article in AJC where it says that in Gwinnett County you have to have to be able to keep them is 3 acres.
http://www.ajc.com/lifestyle/raising-chickens-hatching-a-1378848.html
Here's Gwinnett's Municipal code :
http://www.municode.com/Library/GA/Gwinnett_County
And Sugar Hill's :
http://www.cityofsugarhill.com/filestorage/62/141/361/Sugar_Hill_City_Code.pdf
But they contradict one another, don't they?
On a lighter and less important note:
"All garbage cans and refuse containers shall be rat proof,
insect proof, water tight, structurally strong to withstand handling stress, easily filled,
emptied and cleaned; shall be provided with tight-fitting covers or similar closures, and
shall be maintained at all times in a clean sanitary condition."
My elected officials have never once owned a garbage can.
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