Chicken run oddities!!

[Zerandise]

Hello! I am struggling to work within my local bylaws for keeping hens. Here are the bylaws:

Setbacks -
7.6m (25ft) from a road & 4.57m (15ft) any other property line;
Greater than 557 m2 (0.05ha) or 6,000 ft2 (0.13acre) within a single family residential zone – up to 5 hens • No roosters allowed • Located in rear yard only •
Setbacks 3m (9ft 9in)from side & rear lot line •
Setback 3m (9ft 9in) from windows or doors •
0.37 m2 (4ft2) of indoor coop • 0.92m2 (10ft2) of roofed outdoor enclosure per hen •
Coop not to exceed 9.2m2 (100ft2) area •
Max. 2m (6ft 6in) in height •
Registration required •
Owner of the hens needs to reside on the parcel where the hens are kept •
Other housekeeping requirements are listed within the Regulation of Animals Bylaw No. 8556 and provided at www.chickens.saanich.ca.

I live on a property that is 6036 ft. The area i have to work with in the backyard is 42x50x60. once i measure in 15 feet from each fence and 9' from the one window I am left with about a 75' (9x16x12) triangle. I can do a small run to my porch. I could technically make a second section in the crawl space under my porch in the shape of another triangle that would another 20'. the last 5 feet could be found somewhere. The crawlspace is about 2' tall. Would this be safe and viable for the hens or an I just bending over backward to try and fit a square peg in to a triangle hole?

Then again I could be completely off in all of this

 

[Zerandise]

I am doing the math right, 10ft2 is 100feet total?

 

[Zerandise]

a small video showing the area:

 

[SheaLoner]

I am doing the math right, 10ft2 is 100feet total?

Yes.

 

[SheaLoner]

Im assuming you want this built for the 5 hens allowed?

 

[SheaLoner]

Indoor coop would need to be 5 hens x 4ft² = 20ft² enclosed coop and a min of 5 hens x 10ft² =50ft² covered run?

 

[SheaLoner]

Sorry, I needed to write the math down.
I would fence off under the porch for a run, but I can see a few problems. It would need to be accessable incase a bird gets stuck or decides to lay. And your codes guy may take issue with it.
Personally I would build the main bit "to code" and then fence off the porch afterwards, to keep them out.
Are you allowed to let them free range your yard at all or is that not allowed?

 

[Zerandise]

Im assuming you want this built for the 5 hens allowed?

 

[Zerandise]

yes but that would be a plot of land 25'x25' to keep 5 chickens? I am scraping to get enough for 1 chicken using the yard and porch.
I called the city and they had no clue. I thought 3 feet squared is not the same as 3 squared feet but i could be wrong.

 

[SheaLoner]

I think both our math is wrong.