Chicken run oddities!!

[Tookie]

I have an elevated coop, they work better for smaller flocks. Just make sure the coop is not to low to the ground incase you need to get under it for some reason. Also space under an elevated coop counts as run space.

 

[SheaLoner]

My local guy was trying to tell me I need 10x10 (10 feet squared) vs 10 Square feet. So I called the bylaw officer who gave me the same answer. I asked him to kindly confirm his math and get back to me. Thank you for confirming my thoughts!
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Coop not to exceed 9.2m2 (100ft2) area •
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The Max is a 10'x10' = 100 ft² not the min.

 

[aart]

@aart any good at math and getting one over codes enforcers?

Those number units are confusing.
@U_Stormcrow might know both.

Squares feet vs feet squared hurts my head.

Me too.
....and a bit odd they give both metric and imperial.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

I would make it as big as I could and be within the "laws". THe bigger the better rather than just making it the minimum allowed size. Less likely to have issues with your girls if they have more space.

 

[SheaLoner]

I would make it as big as I could and be within the "laws". THe bigger the better rather than just making it the minimum allowed size. Less likely to have issues with your girls if they have more space.

I think the problem was the, so far off the property line and so far from the house left him with just an od triangular shaped spot.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Those number units are confusing.
@U_Stormcrow might know both.


Me too.
....and a bit odd they give both metric and imperial.

I'm still struggling to resolve whether this thread (and the associated statutes it discusses) were written by an English major trying to describe Geometry, a high school student playing with superscripts in a font pack, or a translation error that cropped in while going to English from Korean from the original Chinese...

There's a reason we Americans write sq. ft. No Ambiguity. For the longest time (blame the lack of digital type) ft2 was the accepted abbreviation - generations or carpenters, architects, draftspersons, etc all taught, and were taught, that way.

50ft² can be read as [50ft] squared (that is, 2,500 sq ft) or 50 [ft squared] (that is, 50 sq. ft.)

Without knowing the prefered nomenclature, you can only guess by context.

Can we get more monkeys with typewriters in here???

 

[Windrider]

....and a bit odd they give both metric and imperial.

Saanich is in Vancouver Canada, if I am not mistaken, which explains that it is both metric and imperial. The link doesn't work for me, so I can't get any more info on the measurements. As it is, it is not clear whether the rules are citing square feet or feet squared. I would assume square feet, because a 100x100 ft coop is HUGE.

I don't understand the setback rules either. 15 ft from "any other property line" but only 9.9 ft. from rear or side property line?

I'm with Stormcrow, who wrote these rules anyway!?

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

I think the problem was the, so far off the property line and so far from the house left him with just an od triangular shaped spot.

Well to be fair, it has been very hard to understand what the heck is going on. But I have seen 5x10. Which technically would be "enough" for 5 hens. That that is a tiny run. Especially if they are going to be in it 24/7.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Working link is here
and we can see from the way the code uses the terms, see for instance :

what is meant.

And to OP:
5 chickens, based on thumb rules, need 20 sq ft (1.85806 m²) of coop and 50 sq ft (4.64515 m²) of run. The Statutes proscribe almost exactly that (w/i rounding error). and the maximum coop size is 100 sq ft. That is, 10ft x 10ft (or similar). Based on the descriptions in your original post, you have adequate space for both coop and run.

 

[aart]

Saanich is in Vancouver Canada,

Ah, that makes sense...I read the dot ca as california.
Also makes sense they use the ft2 as I think that's an metric nomenclature.