Changing the local laws, in Pleasant Prairie, WI

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[Blue Raptor]

I would have more things to add as a future chicken keeper, but local laws need to change based on where I live to have the right to own chickens. Looking for suggestions to overturn such discriminatory laws set by the village board. Any help would be great at least in my neighborhood.

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[TwoCrows]

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I don't have any experience with getting laws changed. BYC does have a forum here where you can post your city and maybe others can help you... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/local-chicken-laws-ordinances.37/

Good luck and welcome aboard!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[sourland]

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[Boppo]

Glad to meet you and welcome to BYC. I have not kept bees, but can absolutely say my chickens have been very therapeutic!

Here is a post from BYC on changing laws about keeping chickens and another very helpful blog post on the same topic. I hope they help you! Let us know how things go.

 

[Tookie]

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[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies!
Try 4-H students and groups to present the argument to city council. I read an article where a girl scout got the ordinance overturned in favor of chickens.

 

[Beer can]

Good luck. Local small towns around me continually ban chickens. I always bring up the fact NYC allows chickens, no roosters but you can have hens.

 

[Janet EE]

I would have more things to add as a future chicken keeper, but local laws need to change based on where I live to have the right to own chickens. Looking for suggestions to overturn such discriminatory laws set by the village board. Any help would be great at least in my neighborhood.

Any updates to the changes for your location? I have been doing a little reading of the village ordinances. Your location only allows if you have 1 acre of land or more, which silly. So if you have .9 acre of land its a NO.
I currently live in county in Illinois, but we are thinking of moving to your village if we find property under 1 acre, I will have a hard time letting go of my pet chickens to move there.

I thought I read that Kenosha does allow for chickens but the
$200.00 annual fee to have them is outrageous.