Help with Georgia Laws

[Jimmy Campbell]

I am Jimmy Campbell and I live in Lookout Mountain, Georgia and have 16 "illegal" chickens. There is an old city ordinance banning livestock and the police commissioner said that included chickens. Anyway, I found state law 529 which says:

SECTION 1.
Chapter 1 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to agriculture, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"2-1-6.
(a) No county, municipality, consolidated government, or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or enforce any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating crop management or animal husbandry practices involved in the production of agricultural or farm products on any private property.

(b) Subsection (a) of this Code section shall not prohibit or impair the power of any local government to adopt or enforce any zoning ordinance or make any other zoning decision. As used in this subsection, the terms 'local government', 'zoning decision', and 'zoning ordinance' have the same meanings provided by Code Section 36-66-3.

Can anyone tell me if they know of any court cases using this ordinance?

Thanks,

Jimmy Campbell

 

[sourland]

Hi, Jimmy, welcome to BYC. Type Georgia in the search bar at the top of the page. Do an on site search, locate the Georgia thread, and post this question there. Good luck.

 

[N F C]

Hi Jimmy, sorry you're having problems. Here's a link to the GA state thread that @sourland mentioned.

By chance are you living in a HOA? Those rules can override others. Anyway, check in with your fellow Georgians and see if anyone there can help you out.

Best of luck to you!

 

[sourland]

@N F C, you didn't post the link.

 

[Teila]

G’Day from down under Jimmy Welcome!

Forgive this Aussie if she has it wrong but GA is Georgia? If so, then this is the thread I believe you might want to check out: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yo-georgians.121387/

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

Edited to add: Doh! It say Georgia in the subject Teila! Oh well, at least I posted the link

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi Jimmy and good luck with your legal wrangles.

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to Backyard chickens.

 

[N F C]

@N F C, you didn't post the link.

Oops, so I did. Sorry!

G’Day from down under Jimmy Welcome!

Forgive this Aussie if she has it wrong but GA is Georgia? If so, then this is the thread I believe you might want to check out: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/yo-georgians.121387/

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

Edited to add: Doh! It say Georgia in the subject Teila! Oh well, at least I posted the link

Thanks for picking up my slack!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi Jimmy and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us
Best of luck... You might also find something here that's helpful.

 

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