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If you are a Resident or landowner in Oneida County, Wisconsin, I need your help.
Here is some background information; July 6, 2010, I provided a letter to the Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee requesting a new county ordinance that would allow chickens and ducks on residential zone properties. We have had many P & Z Committee meetings and 2 P & Z Public Hearings on a new chicken and duck ordinance. Below is the ordinance resolution that will now be going to the Oneida County Board of Supervisors for approval or disapproval on May 17th at 9:30 AM. I think we have at best a 50/50 chance of approval.
So I need your help, if you are a resident or land owner in Oneida County, WI. Will you please contact your county supervisor and the P & Z office, by letter, email and with a telephone call. Here are the links to these folks:
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/index.asp?locid=135
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_council.asp?locid=135
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=18&locid=135
If you can attend the County Board meeting of May 17th at 9:30 AM, that would be great.
Please PM me, I could use your support. (I have 18 plus acres that is zoned residential and am not allow to have chickens.)
Thank you, Ben
9.56 Domesticated Chickens / Ducks
A. Purpose and Intent
1. It is the purpose of this ordinance to provide standards for the keeping of domesticated chickens/ducks. It is intended to enable residents to keep a small number of chickens/ducks on a non-commercial basis.
B. Definitions.
1. Chicken The common fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young; also: its flesh used as food.
2. Pen shall mean a wire enclosure connected to a coop for the purpose of allowing chickens/ducks to leave the coop while remaining in an enclosed, predator-safe environment.
3. Duck Any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage.
4. Coop shall mean a structure for the sheltering of chickens/ducks. An existing shed or garage can be used for this purpose if it meets the standards contained in this ordinance including the required setbacks from property lines.
C. Number and type of chickens/ducks allowed.
1. The maximum number of chickens and/or ducks allowed is eight (8) per lot.
2. Only chickens are allowed, no roosters. Male or female ducks are allowed. There is no restriction on chicken or duck species.
D. Coop and Pen construction
The chickens/ducks shall be provided with a covered coop and attached pen. Chickens/ducks shall not be allowed out of the coop or pen.
E. Location.
1. Chicken/duck coops and pens shall not be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any lot line.
2. Chicken/duck coops and pens shall not be located closer than 75 from the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) of any lake, river or stream
2.3. Chicken coops and pens, pursuant to this Section are allowed in District #2, Single Family Residential.
3.4. Minimum lot size is 1 acre.
F. Other Provisions.
Poultry are still allowed in District #4, Residential and Farming; District #14, Residential and Retail and District #15, Rural Residential.
Here is some background information; July 6, 2010, I provided a letter to the Oneida County Planning and Zoning Committee requesting a new county ordinance that would allow chickens and ducks on residential zone properties. We have had many P & Z Committee meetings and 2 P & Z Public Hearings on a new chicken and duck ordinance. Below is the ordinance resolution that will now be going to the Oneida County Board of Supervisors for approval or disapproval on May 17th at 9:30 AM. I think we have at best a 50/50 chance of approval.
So I need your help, if you are a resident or land owner in Oneida County, WI. Will you please contact your county supervisor and the P & Z office, by letter, email and with a telephone call. Here are the links to these folks:
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/index.asp?locid=135
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_council.asp?locid=135
http://www.co.oneida.wi.gov/localgov_departments_details.asp?deptid=18&locid=135
If you can attend the County Board meeting of May 17th at 9:30 AM, that would be great.
Please PM me, I could use your support. (I have 18 plus acres that is zoned residential and am not allow to have chickens.)
Thank you, Ben
9.56 Domesticated Chickens / Ducks
A. Purpose and Intent
1. It is the purpose of this ordinance to provide standards for the keeping of domesticated chickens/ducks. It is intended to enable residents to keep a small number of chickens/ducks on a non-commercial basis.
B. Definitions.
1. Chicken The common fowl (Gallus gallus) especially when young; also: its flesh used as food.
2. Pen shall mean a wire enclosure connected to a coop for the purpose of allowing chickens/ducks to leave the coop while remaining in an enclosed, predator-safe environment.
3. Duck Any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage.
4. Coop shall mean a structure for the sheltering of chickens/ducks. An existing shed or garage can be used for this purpose if it meets the standards contained in this ordinance including the required setbacks from property lines.
C. Number and type of chickens/ducks allowed.
1. The maximum number of chickens and/or ducks allowed is eight (8) per lot.
2. Only chickens are allowed, no roosters. Male or female ducks are allowed. There is no restriction on chicken or duck species.
D. Coop and Pen construction
The chickens/ducks shall be provided with a covered coop and attached pen. Chickens/ducks shall not be allowed out of the coop or pen.
E. Location.
1. Chicken/duck coops and pens shall not be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any lot line.
2. Chicken/duck coops and pens shall not be located closer than 75 from the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) of any lake, river or stream
2.3. Chicken coops and pens, pursuant to this Section are allowed in District #2, Single Family Residential.
3.4. Minimum lot size is 1 acre.
F. Other Provisions.
Poultry are still allowed in District #4, Residential and Farming; District #14, Residential and Retail and District #15, Rural Residential.
