Check out Vancouver - I think the city just allowed chicken (but no roosters). It might be good to find out how the citizens made this happen and learn from them. Maiken
> Hi Jane, > I also live in NE Ithaca & I'm interested in changing the City/Town > zoning law to permit small "family flocks." > > This past Saturday, Cornell Cooperative Extension held a "Homesteading" > workshop focusing on backyard livestock (mostly poultry). I wasn't able > to make it but contacted the organizer. She said at the workshop > several people asked about changing the zoning laws. She added that > after research on ordinances was done, she could call for a meeting to > start the petition. So it sounds like there's a lot of people > interested but we're are not organized. > > By the way, have you checked your zoning? A two acre lot is pretty big > and I wonder if you're zoned Low Density Residential. If you are, if I > recall the code correctly, you are permitted to have chickens. > > Chris Jung > > > >>>>>>>>> > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:05:56 -0400 > From: Jane Marie Law <[email protected]> Subject: [SustainableTompkins] > backyard chickens again > Hello All, I have been dreaming about having chickens in my backyard for > years. I live in NE Ithaca and have a very large yard, almost two acres, > and the back yard is completely fences and I could even fence a smaller > area for a chicken run outside a coop. I have done all the research on > chickens and have friends whoa re willing to help me. But I want no > stealth chickens. Is there a movement afoot to change town zoning on > this in light of the upcoming economic crisis? > JM > -- Jane Marie Law > <<<<<<<<< > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
