My city changed their laws...

[Sonoran Silkies]

I live in a little town called kingman, arizona. Recently they changed our laws that people inside city limits may have livestock (with smaller property lots) and saying people outside city limits (with larger property lots) cannot have livestock. Does anyone else think this is rediculous? How can someone with a smaller property care for livestock better than someone like me who has a larger lot?

shdidnebiakandkd! Haha
Luckily none of my neighbors care... so far. Haha

if you are inside city limits, you are subject to Kingman ordinances and zoning. If you are outside city limits, you are not. Typically Arizona county ordinances have little or nothing to say about whether livestock or poultry are allowed. Under Arizona definition, poultry are not livestock...livestock are hooved mammals.

Grocery prices in rural Arizona are considerably more expensive than in the Phoenix or Tucson metroplexes..

 

[chikdukturkmom]

if you are inside city limits, you are subject to Kingman ordinances and zoning. If you are outside city limits, you are not. Typically Arizona county ordinances have little or nothing to say about whether livestock or poultry are allowed. Under Arizona definition, poultry are not livestock...livestock are hooved mammals.

Grocery prices in rural Arizona are considerably more expensive than in the Phoenix or Tucson metroplexes..

Thank you! That makes me feel a lot better about the whole situation.

 

[BruceAZ]

do you have the picture you promised me? turkmom

 

[chikdukturkmom]

do you have the picture you promised me? turkmom

Haha! I completely forgot. I was literally just at the store too. I had all the kids with me, summer break. I have no time to think at the store... i have to go again this week, so hopefully i remember.

 

[chikdukturkmom]

Haha! I completely forgot. I was literally just at the store too. I had all the kids with me, summer break. I have no time to think at the store... i have to go again this week, so hopefully i remember.

So now that its summer prices have dropped a little on eggs.... im going to have to keep you updated on this. Haha.

 

[chikdukturkmom]

So, because i selfishly kept my flock trying to hide from this new law, i finally got caught.... i have 30 days to get rid of my "farm animals" or they take legal action....
Luckily my husband and i have enough friends and family to take in some flock that we should be ok.
Anyone interested in roosters? I dont think i can get rid of them easily...

 

[chikdukturkmom]

if you are inside city limits, you are subject to Kingman ordinances and zoning. If you are outside city limits, you are not. Typically Arizona county ordinances have little or nothing to say about whether livestock or poultry are allowed. Under Arizona definition, poultry are not livestock...livestock are hooved mammals.

Grocery prices in rural Arizona are considerably more expensive than in the Phoenix or Tucson metroplexes..

Would it be worth my time and money to fight this? I have put so much time and effort into my flock and now they are all just going to be gone... would it be worth it to go downtown and make a case stating exactly what you said? That poultry are not livestock?

The paper they gave me says this:
Section 19, Regulations for single family residential or R-1 zone by establishing farm animals (fowl, poultry)
Arizona revised statutes section 11-815 states: "it is unlawful to erect, construct, reconstruct, maintain or use any land in any zoning district in violation of any regulation or any provision of any ordinance pertaining thereto."

Im in the county.