- Apr 28, 2014
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Hi everybody new here. I'm in western Lake county. I've had my chickens for a few years and bought the 5 acre tract next to my dad. I built my run off the back of my dads old shed, that goes into the coop. We both have 5 acres in unincorporated Lake county. I have 11 blue Ameraucana in an incubator set to hatch Saturday, along with 5 Marans. On my side of the fence I was just about to start building a bigger run/coop in out of an old shed. The lot sat vacant for 4 years before the bank decided to sell it when we snatched it up. Been clearing the brush in between tearing one of the houses down while remodeling the other on my property. Was hoping someone here was familiar with the Lake County ordinances about chickens and runs. I just found out I have to register and apply with a sketch of the proposed area, and satisfy all setback requirements. Is anyone from Lake County familiar with any of this? Been dealing with the county trying to get my house plans approved, and it has been a hassle to say the least. Been rejected 4 times already. The last was because we didn't have crawl space vents. Need 8 sq feet of vents in the crawl space. In the same breath they want the crawl space insulated....kind of defeats the purpose of insulating the crawl space with 8 cumulative sq feet of vent in the walls. Especially after that nasty winter.
My apologies for going off on a tangent. Hoping someone could give me some insight and how much red tape there may be.
My apologies for going off on a tangent. Hoping someone could give me some insight and how much red tape there may be.