We're working hard to get the City of Glendale, Arizona to judge that chickens are legal in R1 zoned areas.
We need your support. We've have a small packet of info that we can send you that will talk about how you can help.
Together we can make this happen!
Thanks for your support,
Chris and...
Per Glendale City code, chickens are allowed in A1 zoned areas, and RR and SR zoned areas. They currently aren't allowed in R1 zoned areas but it has nothing to do with them being farm animals. It's basically the opinion of the Zoning Administrator that they shouldn't be allowed.
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Luckitri,
Would you please contact me concerning getting together to fight the ordinance and zoning people?
We've gathered a ton of support in the past couple weeks and are preparing to pack the council chambers one evening and let them have it.
I'd love to contact people who sent you their...
While I'm still fighting with Glendale I did have to get rid of my flock or face a court action.
In the 2 weeks since I last posted I haven't gotten a single letter or email of support from this forum at all. I can only conclude that nobody cares.
It's a shame...soon everyone is going to...
I'm formally taking this up with Glendale because they're misinterpreting code on 2 accounts.
Also, I'm going to work on getting the offending section of code revised to be clear in that chickens are allowed.
I am asking for all Glendale residents, readers of this forum, and other interested...
Good point on the complaints. I'll follow up on that. I delivered my appeal letter to the code enforcement department people, and everyone up their food chain this morning, including my councilman.
I met with Code Enforcement and Planning yesterday. Of course, nobody wants to budge. I got the contact information for the Administrator of Planning so I can talk to her. I understand they are working to revise this code now. I also contacted my Councilman.
We're going to dig our heels...
The told me I violated Zoning Ordinance 5.212. That ordinance says:
5.212 Livestock.
A. Raising and grazing of livestock, excluding swine, is permitted for a maximum of
one (1) animal per ten thousand (10,000) square feet of open space. The raising of poultry with
the exception of male fowl...
We've also just received a notice from Glendale that we're in violation of 5.212 of the zoning code for our chickens. I will be visiting City Hall today to fight it because the regulation quoted specifically says chickens are permitted, except for males, and they must be kept penned up, no...