My chickens are going nowhere!!! "UPDATE" #2

[azelgin]

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I know what you mean. When I first turned out my mules in their newly fenced pasture, my ONLY neighbor called county zoning to complain they could get too close to their house, even though they were on MY property. We have a bizarre regulation regarding the setback on corrals from property lines. They county did not specify the size of an enclosure that constituted a corral. Long story short: the county came out, ruled in my favor and found that the complainant had an illegal dog kennel and would I like them to tear it down? I said it could stay as long as they left me alone. They sold their house to some new people that love my mules and buy eggs from me. Is it karma?

 

[scgamecock]

I just heard from my county councilman and he actually laughed and wanted to know the name of the code enforcement officer and he said he would get back with me.He said if he could help me anyway he would.He has helped me once before when I was turned down for a septic tank permit 20 years ago but he got it approved and I've never had any problems.I'm a diehard conservative Republican but he's the only Democrat I have ever voted for. lol

 

[PamsPride]

I hope it gets resolved in your favor!

 

[scgamecock]

I promise I didn't bribe him with 2 dozen egg's a week.

 

[speckledhen]

That sounds promising! Honestly, I believe that many people think that chickens are always forbidden in cities. Absolutely not so, as we all know. I think these officers just automatically take the complaint to the neighbor without having a clue what the regs actually are.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

People are always afraid of the unknown. We have a duty and responsibility to help people understand that Chickens are not the desease infested rodent attacking animals they think they are.

When people find out that we have chickens, ducks and geese, they first hink we are odd and then they ask. Aren't they dirty? Do you have a log of mice and rats? Aren't you worried about catching diseases? I say no, in fact, come on over and visit and here is a dozen eggs for free.

The next dozen is $2.00

Good Luck in your situation!!

 

[scgamecock]

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I can probably get off on a technicality because half of the info on the citation is incorrect.She has the size of the coops wrong and there is no such law that states you have to get a permit to have chickens or a building permit for a coop.The only part of it that is right is you must have 1.5 acres of land to have chickens.Again there are countless people in the county that don't have the required acreage and the law is never enforced.I'm not going to remove my chickens when I know of at least 2 people and maybe more that are within 1 mile of me that are in violation of the same code.

 

[scgamecock]

Everything is worked out thank the Lord.I have an update in the first post.

 

[Katy]

 

[AHappychick]

yeah