Fighting in Parma, Ohio - advice, help

[keekerschickens]

I wonder if we could get a group together to talk about making chickens legal in Parma?  If we get enough people maybe we can get some legislation going?  I would be perfectly fine with allowing 4 chickens (no roosters) like the ordinances they have in Cleveland. I have ALWAYS dreamed of having chickens in my backyard and I just think we need to get a group of like-minded people together to get something to make that happen....

I would be interested in a group!!

 

[MuffToppy]

Hi, just sign up today, though i've been raising chickens at Northfield the past 15 years but live in Parma. We need to sign a petition to get this rolling and maybe start a poultry show at Stearn Farm or any vacant public lot. Need to have people in our community involve, will bribe them with fresh eggs. Name suggestion for the group? I have DPK (domestic poultry keeper) in mind.

 

[countryboy2]

I'm just tuning in. I live in Parma as well. Whatever happened on this issue?

 

[countryboy2]

I'm new in Parma and just found this site. Whatever ended up happening. Can we have a couple of chickens?

 

[countryboy2]

Interesting idea.

 

[UrbanFarmer216]

I started this page to see how many others were interested in changing this law. There's a lot of engagement and it's a good community page. https://m.facebook.com/Allow-Chickens-in-Parma-Heights-427860530882565/

 

[CluxStar]

We live in the city of Parma, off the suburbs of Cleveland. Neighbors live about 20--30 feet to either side, and across the street, but behind us is simply an empty stretch of woodland. Our own property encompasses 26000 square feet.
Around September, we began to keep chickens - 4 of them. We watched them grow from hatchlings to hens. We built a special coop for them, and fenced it as well (the only problem was, they kept fllying over the fence. We didn't snip their wings, and building a bigger fence would have been difficult on the inclined slope and the trees that surrounded it and formed corners of the fence weren't obliging either.) In the winter, the weather worsened and we took them to our garage. They occupied a fairly large rabbit cage. We intend to let them go again come spring, so that they may have fresh food, fresh air, and space to scratch around in. Most of our neighbors don't mind.
Then someone informed us that keeping chickens was against the law, or so he thought. To be sure, we sent a letter to our mayor, Dean DePiero. His secretary replied, saying that Parma Codified Ordinance 618.09 does not allow keeping of various beasts on private property, including chickens.
section B of this ordinance says, "The owning or keeping of any fowl, including, but not limited to domestic geese, ducks, turkeys, and chickens within the City limits is hereby prohibited, except for caged birds kept as pets within a residence structure, or racing pigeons."
Last week someone published a small section in the newspaper, as follows.
"CHICKEN COOP PART 2
Parma hopes to close a loophole in a pretty fowl ordinance.
By doing so, it would prevent a resident from keeping caged chickens in his garage."
We want to change this law, but we don't actually understand where to begin. We thought maybe write a letter and post it in public areas so people can sign it, word-of-mouth, etc. Any ideas?

I see this is an old post, but I am trying to get this movement going. My son is very passionate about wanting to raise our own eggs. I'll be looking into the appropriate channels to begin. It would be great if we could rally some support though.

 

[Acre4Me]

@CluxStar, add your general location to your profile : “Cleveland area” or “NE Ohio”.

On BYC, go to Social> Where am I, Where are you? Forum. There is a pinned post at the top to find your state thread. Go to Ohio and post your thread and others may find you that way.

start a new thread h

If you want to see if someone is active, click on their user name and often you can see when they were last seen. The OP was last seen in 2014, so not likely to respond. If you want to tag someone, like I did to you, then use the “@“ in front of their user name.

good luck.