Cary, NC unexpected voted to table the ordinance vote due to new concerns from a council member who had previously supported the ordinance. She is now worried about the neighbors of chickens. To help address her concerns, I'm hoping to get anyone who lives next to chickens to send an email to...
Cary, NC is finally heading down the path of changing the ordinances to allow chickens. The potential ordinance is currently 6 hens, $50 yearly fee, and coop setbacks that varying with property zoning.
A member of the planning & zoning committee has asked me about ordinances for other towns to...
I just planted a fruit orchard in my backyard this month and decided that keeping bees would be necessary to ensure good pollination. I haven't found any sizable online communities for beekeepers, so I do what I do well and put together a website. Shameless plug BackyardApiary.com.
Are there...
My wife and I have been pushing fighting the town to allow backyard hens. After our initial set back, we have happily watched the neighboring towns of Chapel Hill, Durham and Wake Forest succeed. In this time, we have set up the website CaryChickens.com with a support mailing list with a few...
Now that Wake Forest has approved chickens, it seems that Cary is one of the last towns in Wake county that is against chickens. I was contacted by a staff writer from The News & Observer who is looking to do a story about Cary and chickens. It would help a lot if he could speak to more than...
As already mentioned in another topic, a couple in Cary (my wife and I) are trying to get the town to reduce its ban on chickens.
The topic is on the agenda for this Thursday's meeting. My wife and I plan on talking in support of this during the "Public Speaks Out" portion of the meeting. Later...