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http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/vernonbychappyiness
This petition is for the town of Vernon, Ct. Residence to own and raise chickens. i feel its a learning expiernce for all, and its family oriented. chickens are fun to watch and you will also be reducing your dependence on stores to supply you with eggs. chickens are low maintance and inexpensive to care for. please lets get this approved for the town of Vernon, ct.
I've followed a lot of these threads, read a lot newspaper articles, and have listened to webcast proceedings of some city council meetings where the topic has been argued.
While we here at BYC understand the points that you raised in your petition statement, local officials will not be convinced with those kind of arguments. At the meeting you need to directly address concerns of filth, smell, noise, disease, property values, enforcement costs, etc. Do your homework and be prepared to counter all of their concerns.
The petition is a good start, but you need to verify that those that are signing your petition are actually residents of your municipality. If you can get enough
valid signatures it can show local officials that there is a genuine interest in your municipality versus one person asking for an exception. Also, the more people that you can bring to the meeting that are interested, the better.
I agree....the zoning board's reasoning for not passing the recent rule for keeping chickens in Vernon was mostly because the health dept didn't support it because of the issues of dirt, smell, and attracting predators and vermin. I signed the petition but those issues will need to be rebutted if we are to get a new rule proposed and passed.
