Newbie here! Researching a topic that I am VERY interested in...

[JAuck]

I currently studying the laws and ordinances across the country for backyard chickens for a college course. One of my assignments requires that I locate the dates for when law/ordinances were passed with regards to backyard chickens in cities. Does the "last updated" date under each city correctly correspond to when the ordinance/law was passed? For example:

Normandy Park, Washington Chicken Ordinance

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• Last updated 1/2/13 by pineapple power

Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes Max Chickens Allowed 10 - dependant on lot size Roosters Allowed No Permit Required No Coop Restrictions set back from any property line a minimum of 10 feet City/Organization Contact name N/A Additional Information 6.04.065 Rules and regulations relating to fowl. (Normandy Park Municpal... read more
So in above example, I am assuming that for Normandy Park Washington, backyard chicken ordinances were just passed. Am I a correct in this regard??? And if not, is there a source I can use else where? I have tried clicking on the available links provided, but for a lot of the cities the links led to websites that were not longer available. Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[chfite]

Intuitively, updated would imply that a change has been made to an existing item. Consequently, you may have to intensify your efforts to find the date enacted.

Chris

 

[JAuck]

That is what I am finding Chris. Thanks for the thought. J

 

[Mahalo]

I wanted to let I just published an article that is meant to be a guide for local officials looking to change their chicken ordinances. The article is called

Illegal Fowl: A Survey of Municipal Laws Relating to Backyard Poultry and a Model Ordinance for Regulating City Chickens


And it was just published in the Environmental Law Reporter out of Washington D.C.

You can access the article for free at a website called SSRN (stands for Social Science Research Network). Here is the link:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2119494

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments on the article. I look forward to hearing from you all here.