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    Ways to get around the law

    I am currently challenging the wording of a city ordinance. I claim my chickens are pets. The zoning board says they are not. The law is fuzzy, defining a domestic animal as: "a cat, dog or other small animal commonly kept as household pets...". I don't know about you, but I think that includes...
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    Tonight - board of zoning appeals meeting on my chickens in OHIO

    That's what's confusing me, Copper. If the law doesn't specifically prohibit something, and you can demonstrate that your pet could reasonable conform to the law, how can a zoning commission or town council tell you "no" simply because they feel like it? Laws aren't arbitrary things. One of the...
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    not sure this goes here....homeowners insurance

    For insurance purposes, I don't think it's wise to report chickens as "pets." They probably have rules that are meant to protect them in the event that someone owns a lot of dogs that could potentially hurt someone. The agent/caller probably didn't understand her firm's own policy guidelines...
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    Tonight - board of zoning appeals meeting on my chickens in OHIO

    Well, the zoning board voted unanimously, 6-0, against me keeping my chickens. Or, more formally, they voted to deny my appeal of their interpretation of the city's domestic animal law. The vote is not formal until next month's meeting when minutes are approved, at which point I have the right...
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    Tonight - board of zoning appeals meeting on my chickens in OHIO

    Thanks for your words of support. Here are my arguments regarding the specific ordinance. I have a more thorough argument that is too long to post here. Note that my arguments are footnoted with references. I even got a plug in for this web site, since its membership numbers were mentioned in a...
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    Tonight - board of zoning appeals meeting on my chickens in OHIO

    Well, tonight's the night of my chicken hearing with the board of zoning appeals in Barberton, OH. Wish me luck. I received a warning ticket in mid/late May and have kept my birds under a zoning variance permit since then. The local law says: Development Code Chapter 1140.01 (4) states: “Only...
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    Need help? in Lehigh Acres, FL (unincorporated Lee County, Florida)

    Chickens are permitted in Lehigh, but only in the agricultural district. Here's what the complete ordinance says: Sec. 34-1291. - Applicability of division. The keeping, raising or breeding of horses and other livestock, including poultry of all kinds usually and customarily considered as farm...
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    Need help? in Lehigh Acres, FL (unincorporated Lee County, Florida)

    And the second and third paragraphs you posted are not codes/laws at all but are just definitions. Please post the entire ordinance or provide a link to a web site with the ordinance(s). I looked online and the Lehigh web site didn't seem to have its laws posted.
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    Need help? in Lehigh Acres, FL (unincorporated Lee County, Florida)

    Sec. 34-1291. - Applicability of division. The keeping, raising or breeding of horses and other livestock, including poultry of all kinds usually and customarily considered as farm animals, and the keeping, raising or breeding of reptiles, marine life or animals not indigenous to the state, may...
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    Caught neighbor with ladder to look over fence!

    I'd be more than a little tweeked too if someone was using a ladder to look over a fence into my yard. It's not a crime though unless he's specifically doing it to harm or harass you. The important question here is, how much do you want to keep your birds? If you're breaking the law by having...
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    Caught neighbor with ladder to look over fence!

    No crime in peeking over a fence. I'd invite him over and introduce him to the birds, get his opinions on housing ideas for them, ask him whether they've bothered or inconvenienced him at all. If so, make an offer to move the birds further away from his property. Essentially do whatever you can...
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    Barberton and Norton, Ohio

    Good points Pete. I appreciate the advice. I hope that the original poster on this thread gets back in the discussion here. I'd like to know whether they're in Barberton or Norton and possibly get their help in my chicken debate.
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    Barberton and Norton, Ohio

    Quote: This answers a little bit about the other small animals you were talking about. 618.18 DANGEROUS ANIMALS. (a) As used in this section "dangerous animal" means and includes any mammal, amphibian, reptile or fowl which is of a species which is wild by nature, and of a...
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    concrete sand??

    NO! Do NOT use loose paver sand near your chickens unless you're using it to fill cracks between concrete patio stones, hosing it down and allowing it to solidify first. Paver sand has chemicals that react with moisture to harden just like concrete. If a bird eats enough of the sand, it could...
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    Chicken run has to have a floor in my city

    I think the city of Columbus based their ordinance off of similar animal control laws used around the country. The idea of an impervious floor is so that runoff from large poultry operations doesn't seep into the ground/water supply and so that animal-holding facilities can be more easily...
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