Thanks for posting this! I am having trouble with my new neighbors right now. I live in Kingston. I have been here on my farm for 6 years. The property was a horse farm and other livestock farm since 1972, when the land next door was just a plot. Several years ago, someone decided to build a house-without a permit and it was deemed not livable and unsafe by the county. So they rented, and did not make the mortgage payments. two years ago, it went on a foreclosure and my new neighbors bought it under a short sales purchase. They have been in there for less than 6 months and have complained about every single thing.
The two days ago, my sow was in her last 3 days of heat. Naturally, the boar was trying to "get her" and she makes that awful noise that I cannot control. She comes to me and said, "I really don't like that noise and those pigs are awful!" I asked what she wanted me to do about their mating rituals? She replies, I am going to call animal control and she proceeds to hand me the Kitsap County Codes. We are in compliance in every way, except the location of the housing of our pigs and cows. The buildings and pastures were already here when we bought the place. AND from the looks of them all, they been here from the beginning. We have had to replace many poles and we put a new roof on to keep our animals dry...
Last year, we bought the 5 acres next door to us, in hopes to widen our pature, but we all know how much time that takes, especially when you have to deal with drying up wetlands and cutting down trees to do it. So we have 10 acres now. We have 4 adult cows and a two week old calf, 3 meat pigs, 3 Juliana/Kunekune mini pigs, 19 chickens, 22( 6 different breeds) exotic Pheasants, 8 ducks, two Toulouse Geese, and two dogs, and LOTS of wild birds that are much louder than our birds.
Is there somewhere I can go to see if there is a grandfathered in rule/ordinance? I do not want any trouble and we certainly want to be sure to be in compliance but we don't have a lot of money to be able to move all the structures and such. And every time I see them, they bring something else up. This is my land and I really hate living under all the scrutiny of my new city-wannabe living in the country-neighbors.
The two days ago, my sow was in her last 3 days of heat. Naturally, the boar was trying to "get her" and she makes that awful noise that I cannot control. She comes to me and said, "I really don't like that noise and those pigs are awful!" I asked what she wanted me to do about their mating rituals? She replies, I am going to call animal control and she proceeds to hand me the Kitsap County Codes. We are in compliance in every way, except the location of the housing of our pigs and cows. The buildings and pastures were already here when we bought the place. AND from the looks of them all, they been here from the beginning. We have had to replace many poles and we put a new roof on to keep our animals dry...
Last year, we bought the 5 acres next door to us, in hopes to widen our pature, but we all know how much time that takes, especially when you have to deal with drying up wetlands and cutting down trees to do it. So we have 10 acres now. We have 4 adult cows and a two week old calf, 3 meat pigs, 3 Juliana/Kunekune mini pigs, 19 chickens, 22( 6 different breeds) exotic Pheasants, 8 ducks, two Toulouse Geese, and two dogs, and LOTS of wild birds that are much louder than our birds.
Is there somewhere I can go to see if there is a grandfathered in rule/ordinance? I do not want any trouble and we certainly want to be sure to be in compliance but we don't have a lot of money to be able to move all the structures and such. And every time I see them, they bring something else up. This is my land and I really hate living under all the scrutiny of my new city-wannabe living in the country-neighbors.
