I want chickens but Parma, Ohio prohibits it

[JacinLarkwell]

Something brought me back to re-read and this part really bothers me.

Why?

 

[Brooks_]

Why?

the schools must give the fowl to a farm authorized to handle such animals.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's probably so someone can't just take them home and say they're a farm. They might have a specific permit in the towb/city for people that are allowed to have specific animals

 

[Aquira]

I'd look into what animals are specifically allowed/not allowed. Because quail are gamebirds and not fowl so a possibility you could keep them.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

It's probably so someone can't just take them home and say they're a farm. They might have a specific permit in the towb/city for people that are allowed to have specific animals

Not in Parma. There is no permit process in the Code, and the current city leadership seems downright hostile to the idea of chickens - and has for some time.

THIS is the sole code exception.

I wouldn't offer even the illusion of hope. Seems cruel.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Not in Parma. There is no permit process in the Code, and the current city leadership seems downright hostile to the idea of chickens - and has for some time.

THIS is the sole code exception.

I wouldn't offer even the illusion of hope. Seems cruel.

Huh, stand corrected then.

 

[MadamContrary]

Why does it have to be chickens?

I'll start with the fact I didn't read the whole thread. Have you considered keeping quail instead ( Coturnix Japonica is the most common type kept)? Small, quiet, eggs galore, and meat too if you want. Very rare to be mentioned in any livestock regulations, and easily kept inside if needed.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I'd look into what animals are specifically allowed/not allowed. Because quail are gamebirds and not fowl so a possibility you could keep them.

Read the code. I linked it on page one.

(a) The owning, keeping or harboring of any wild, dangerous, poisonous or exotic animal, including, but not limited to the animals listed below, is hereby prohibited within the City limits.

Parma, OH doesn't like animals. Any animals. Officially, you can't even drive thru the city with a pit bull mix in the back of your truck - even if you don't stop. The mere existence of the animal is illegal within city limits. Parma even requires dogs to be registered with the City. Nor any dog with even a drop of wolf genetics in its background.

(a) Except for guide, leader or listener dogs, or dogs in training to become guide, leader or listener dogs, registered under Ohio R.C. 955.011, and dogs kept by an institution or organization for teaching or research purposes under Ohio R.C. 955.16, no person shall own, keep or harbor a dog more than three months of age without annually registering such dog with the County Auditor. No owner/guardian of a dog, except a dog constantly confined to a registered kennel, shall fail to require the dog to wear, at all times, a valid tag issued in connection with a certificate of registration. Failure of any dog at any time to wear a valid registration tag shall be prima facie evidence of lack of registration and subject such dog to impounding and disposition as provided by Ohio R.C. 955.16.
They don't treat cats in their ordinances much better.

The only thing I didn't find, which I've seen in other Ordinances, is a limit on how many dogs, cats, rabbits, canaries, and/or parakeets one may own in one's home, but if I dig more deeply, I could likely find a section of code the city might use for that purpose.


Moreover, "fowl" means, at minimum, are any creature of the order "Galliforms". That includes "land fowl" and "game fowl", which includes game birds like Quail. But the examples they listed in the code suggest they are using "fowl" to mean the Clade, not the Order, and thus including waterfowl like geese and ducks and everything related, too.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Why does it have to be chickens?

I'll start with the fact I didn't read the whole thread. Have you considered keeping quail instead ( Coturnix Japonica is the most common type kept)? Small, quiet, eggs galore, and meat too if you want. Very rare to be mentioned in any livestock regulations, and easily kept inside if needed.

Coturnix are native to Japan. Banned by Parma's Code. I didn't link the section, but if they want to enforce it, basically anything not native to Ohio they can exclude at will - even big floppy Flemish rabbits.

They have another section banning wild birds, and tame wild birds. So no blue jays, robbins, cardinals, crows...

If they want to be an @$$ about it. And seemingly, Parma wants to reserve that possibility for itself.

 

[Fallenone05]

Read the code. I linked it on page one.

(a) The owning, keeping or harboring of any wild, dangerous, poisonous or exotic animal, including, but not limited to the animals listed below, is hereby prohibited within the City limits.

Parma, OH doesn't like animals. Any animals. Officially, you can't even drive thru the city with a pit bull mix in the back of your truck - even if you don't stop. The mere existence of the animal is illegal within city limits. Parma even requires dogs to be registered with the City. Nor any dog with even a drop of wolf genetics in its background.

(a) Except for guide, leader or listener dogs, or dogs in training to become guide, leader or listener dogs, registered under Ohio R.C. 955.011, and dogs kept by an institution or organization for teaching or research purposes under Ohio R.C. 955.16, no person shall own, keep or harbor a dog more than three months of age without annually registering such dog with the County Auditor. No owner/guardian of a dog, except a dog constantly confined to a registered kennel, shall fail to require the dog to wear, at all times, a valid tag issued in connection with a certificate of registration. Failure of any dog at any time to wear a valid registration tag shall be prima facie evidence of lack of registration and subject such dog to impounding and disposition as provided by Ohio R.C. 955.16.
They don't treat cats in their ordinances much better.

The only thing I didn't find, which I've seen in other Ordinances, is a limit on how many dogs, cats, rabbits, canaries, and/or parakeets one may own in one's home, but if I dig more deeply, I could likely find a section of code the city might use for that purpose.

Parma sounds like a horrible place to live. So many arbitrary rules to animal ownership. :/