~ Retired and Starting My Future In The Foothills ~

[gryeyes]

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Oh, no! D'ya think they can read a dictionary? Crap, I'm sunk. I didn't think there was a whit of sense in their argument. Time for HH to get her worry on for me!

Auuugh!

 

[Chuckles1330]

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[remuda1]

Best of luck with your hearing Linda. I know you'll be so glad to put this all behind you. I'll include you in my prayers, I just know this will go your way.

 

[HHandbasket]

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Oh, no! D'ya think they can read a dictionary? Crap, I'm sunk. I didn't think there was a whit of sense in their argument. Time for HH to get her worry on for me!

Auuugh!

While that definition came straight out of Webster's Dictionary, then by that same definition, anyone who houses and feeds their dogs and cats in their home is living in a "stable." Anyone who has a snake cage or bank of aquariums or hamster habitrail is living in a "stable." A house is a building, and if your domesticated animals are housed and fed there, then it is a stable according to their definition. Ask them if they are going to consider every home in the county that houses domesticated animals a stable, as well. If not, then they are discriminating against you/singling you out, for what reason you do not know, but they cannot do that.

Also point out that the initial complaint was a moot point, as there were no chickens on the property until, what, about a week and a half AFTER said complaint was filed! (Save for a handful of baby chicks in a brooder in the spare bedroom... and they would have had to sneak into your house to know THOSE were there... make sure that's stated in the hearing.)

If all else fails, if you can swing it, pay $50 for a 30-minute consultation with a lawyer to ask you what you should say/do during your hearing.

 

[gryeyes]

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The "complaint before chickens there" issue really is a moot point, and not in my favor, really. The first letter to me pretty much said, "There's been a complaint, if it's true, fix it before Aug 4. There will be a site visit then, and if there are chickens there, you will be cited."

Well, there were chickens there on Aug 4th when the Code Enforcement Officer made his visit. Then the next letter was, "Due to evidence discovered on Aug 4, you have until Sept 14th to cease the illegal activity or you will be cited.". There were still chickens there when he actually returned in Nov, and wrote out the citation.

Yes, interesting about a complaint from neighbors before there were chickens, but the evidence is the flock which is there NOW.

But I plan on repeating the Code Enforcement Officer's own words to him: "Your chickens are really friendly.". Evidence they are people oriented PETS. I might also print photos of all of them, individually, with their names written on each photo.... And some genealogy like, "Samantha, my first GrandChick, daughter of Carl and Rebecca.". "Buffy, hatched Samantha, daughter of Carl and Rebecca.". "Frisckson, son of Frick, nephew to Frack, who drowned in a fish pond." "Alice, sister to Joy, who died brooding on a nest. George, obnoxious brother to Alex and father of many chicks." "Jack, who used to be Janell until he grew a comb and saddle feathers, but he has not yet crowed."

Think that might impress 'em? I mean, not enough to lock me up in a padded room, but to understand these are not just ordinary barnyard chickens, destined for the dinner table.

 

[gritsar]

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The "complaint before chickens there" issue really is a moot point, and not in my favor, really. The first letter to me pretty much said, "There's been a complaint, if it's true, fix it before Aug 4. There will be a site visit then, and if there are chickens there, you will be cited."

Well, there were chickens there on Aug 4th when the Code Enforcement Officer made his visit. Then the next letter was, "Due to evidence discovered on Aug 4, you have until Sept 14th to cease the illegal activity or you will be cited.". There were still chickens there when he actually returned in Nov, and wrote out the citation.

Yes, interesting about a complaint from neighbors before there were chickens, but the evidence is the flock which is there NOW.

But I plan on repeating the Code Enforcement Officer's own words to him: "Your chickens are really friendly.". Evidence they are people oriented PETS. I might also print photos of all of them, individually, with their names written on each photo.... And some genealogy like, "Samantha, my first GrandChick, daughter of Carl and Rebecca.". "Buffy, hatched Samantha, daughter of Carl and Rebecca.". "Frisckson, son of Frick, nephew to Frack, who drowned in a fish pond." "Alice, sister to Joy, who died brooding on a nest. George, obnoxious brother to Alex and father of many chicks." "Jack, who used to be Janell until he grew a comb and saddle feathers, but he has not yet crowed."

Think that might impress 'em? I mean, not enough to lock me up in a padded room, but to understand these are not just ordinary barnyard chickens, destined for the dinner table.

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[Imp]

Ditto

Good Luck gryeyes

Imp

 

[EmtheFishLady]

I sure am wishing you the best of luck. Hope you beat them.

 

[tazcat70]

Good luck Linda.

 

[sfw2]

Wishing you the very best of luck at your hearing.

And, I'm sorry, but the thought of you taking in pictures of your birds reminded me of the "eight-by-ten glossy pictures, with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back of each one, explaining what it was, to be used as evidence against us", from "Alice's Restaurant".