Cary Chicken Ban

[will hunt for food]

I just dug around and found this thread. About 15-20 years ago I used to live in Cary. When I moved there, I thought I could live with the HOA rules et. al. I was so wrong. What I found to be just as bad was the attitude of the folks that liked the HOA. I was clearly an outsider. I had a small vegetable garden, a boat and and I used my garage as a workshop. My vehicles stayed parked outside. I was clearly out of touch in my subdivision. After living there for less than 3 years, I sold my house for a ridiculous profit, and got the hell out of Dodge (Cary). I make it a point to stay away whenever I can.

My advice- just move. Life is way too short to have "associations" tell you what color you can paint your house.

 

[alissam]

Moving isn't in the cards for us and others for many reasons--including the fact that we planted 30 berry bushes and 15 fruit trees in the last year. We also live in a wonderful old neighborhood (with NO HOA) where not only can we have as many vegetable gardens as we please, we can paint our house any color we want and plant a giant herb bed in the front yard. Most of our neighbors park in their driveways, and many have vegetable gardens (and a few have beehives). Cary neighborhoods without HOAs are very different from those with HOAs.

If everyone just gave up and moved because their city/town council was stupid and prejudiced against chickens, no city in the US would have changed their codes to allow chickens in the last 10 years. Its up for us to try and knock some sense into our elected officials. If they refuse to have sense knocked into them, then we simply need to elect someone else.

(getting off my soapbox now)

 

[will hunt for food]

I could not agree with you more. I was basically screwed between a rock and a hard place. I was in a brand new subdivision near Preston. I had no business living there. I fully understand your plight. It sounds like a great area, with stupid town laws. Keep fighting!

I had nothing to fight for. I wanted out. I actually got notes on my vehicles from anonymous "neighbors" telling me to park my vehicles in the garage to help "keep our neighborhood nice". Those spineless bastids never would own up.

Well, I was an immature ass back then anyway. When I drove my Harley

to work early each morning, I made sure they knew when I was coming and going. Boy, was I dick with ears back then.

Took my money and laughed all the way to the bank.

A great wife and 2 kids later, we are expecting chicks within a couple of weeks.

Best of luck to you!

 

[MsMarbles&Me]

I hope those working towards overturning the Cary Chicken Ban will help me.

I live just outside Garner city limits. Garner also does not allow chickens. I am organizing a small group of people to discuss how to go about fighting this. I am hoping it will not be as difficult as Cary, but going about it as seriously as possible.

If you are involving in the movement in Cary, please contact me via PM with your email. I know there's a lot I can learn from your experience. I hope to organize a meeting including those that were successful in overturning the chicken ban in other near-by cities such as Wake Forest, Durham, and Chapel Hill (Em and Dave, this means you).

We need to pool our resources.

Thanks!

 

[Raising Reds]

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Oddly enough, the keeping of backyard chickens is a modern trend and one that has received considerable press of late. How galling that must be for those who like their food to arrive nicely sanitized in plastic wrap.

I suspect the fight to legalize chickens within the Cary city limits will be an uphill battle. Cary has a reputation for being, well, snobbish.

Whether or not chickens will adversely affect a neighborhood depends largely on the chicken owners. With proper nutrition, fresh water, fresh air, low numbers and regular cleaning the birds are far less noisy than beagles, less dangerous than stray cats and their feces are far less pungent than those of puppies. Insofar as the charge of bringing in vermin is concerned, I've never had any kind of issue with that and don't see where anyone who keeps their feed tightly sealed would.

That being said, there are those who have already made up their minds and will not "cotton" to chickens under any circumstance.