I recommend that everybody interested in raising small livestock and poultry
should check their local zoning regulations, because the ban on such activity
tends to be applied across the board in suburban-type zoning districts and
developments, including those covering much of Tompkins County.
I suspect it's not permitted anywhere in the Town of Ithaca unless you are
located in areas zoned CD-Conservation or AG-Agricultural.
Even if the zoning regulations do not explicitly ban such uses of the property,
do not assume you can still do it. Many municipal zoning regulations in New
York state, are written in a manner that if a use is not listed as a permitted
use within a particular zoning district, it is prohibited within that zoning
district.
I have have no problems with my neighbors here in Ithaca having poultry.
I'm in the one percent of the population that has no problem being awaken up at
the crack of dawn by chickens and ducks next door. The other 99 percent of the
neighborhood however probably prefers to sleep in. Moreover no manure smells
as bad as chicken manure.
So I don't hold out much hope for chickens and ducks being let back into Ithaca
or the surrounding suburbs.
George Frantz
--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Simon St.Laurent <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Simon St.Laurent <[email protected]>
Subject: [SustainableTompkins] New TCLocal article: Local and Urban Small
Livestock and Poultry
To: "Sustainable Tompkins County listserv"
<[email protected]>
Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 5:01 PM
Humans have lived with animals for thousands of years, but over the past
few decades the relationship has changed dramatically in this country.
Domestic animals, apart from pets, are now largely concentrated in the
hands of relatively few keepers whose primary incentive is converting
them into cash. Integrated farms where animals are a key component of a
broader cycle have become rare, and the very idea of "farming" now
suggests a large-scale operation.
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