UPDATE: We have over 100 signatures on our petition to get chickens on the ballot for the next election in May. Without the cooperation of the city, we started a Citizen Initiative. We need 2,000 signatures.
City council has called a mtg to discuss chickens again. We're hoping they will work...
Hello,
I started a Citizen Initiative to get backyard chickens on the ballot for Huber Heights, Ohio. After numerous attempts to work this out with the city failed, I started a political action committee (called CLUCK - Community Led Urban Chicken Keeping) and am now circulating the official...
Yes! They are legal. I know because I'm modeling Huber Heights, Oh's amended ordinance after theirs!
New zoning amendment: http://development.franklincountyohio.gov/assets/forms/planning/zoning-code.pdf
LInk to their "chicken" project...
I am in Huber Heights, OH and am trying to get the ordinance amended. We received a 6 month extension for our personal chicks and to get a Resident Initiative underway, which will put the issue directly on the ballot. Does anyone have advice for pursuing an Initiative?
Here is a link to our FB...