A Princeton woman and her neighbours, who are raising chickens on land zoned for agricultural purposes, are calling 91裸聊视频榝owl91裸聊视频� over a town bylaw that states they can only keep four birds each and there are no roosters allowed.
Solitaire Steele made a delegation to council Tuesday, Sept. 20, on behalf of the recently formed Airport Road Chicken Association.
Airport Road was part of Area H until 2010, in an agricultural zone that permitted farming.
However once they were zoned Country Residential, as part of the Town of Princeton, they were severely limited by the Back Yard Hen bylaw, despite the fact that Country Residential zoning permits agriculture.
91裸聊视频淲e want to change the bylaw,91裸聊视频� she said.
91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 like not following the bylaw, and having to watch our backs all the time91裸聊视频e are on acreages and we are zoned for agriculture (under Country Residential.)91裸聊视频�
Problems arose recently, said Steele, when the town bylaw officer visited one of her neighbours to report a complaint about a noisy rooster named Ricky, and was told Ricky had to go.
91裸聊视频淚 can totally understand the complaint,91裸聊视频� Steele admitted, as Ricky had not been being shut in his coop at night, and was crowing early in the morning.
That has been addressed, she said.
It seemed a perfect opportunity to bring the bylaw91裸聊视频檚 deficiencies to the attention of council, said Steele.
91裸聊视频淭he backyard hen bylaw doesn91裸聊视频檛 really fit our area.91裸聊视频�
The association is proposing that property owners be allowed to keep up to 20 hens and one permanent rooster, and work on ways to mitigate any neighbourhood concerns.
There has only ever been one complaint, she added.
91裸聊视频淲hat we want to do is to produce eggs and feed our families91裸聊视频eople are struggling and they want to be as self-sufficient as possible,91裸聊视频� Steele stressed.
91裸聊视频淲e are not trying to ruffle feathers.91裸聊视频�
Following the presentation, Coun. Barb Gould indicated no decisions about moving forward with a bylaw review would be made that evening, while Coun. Tyler Willis acknowledged the property owners may be looking for 91裸聊视频渁 happy medium.91裸聊视频�
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