[Vision2020] Turkeys Banned In New Poultry Regulation

[Tom Hansen]

Video and draft ordinance of . . .

Draft Ordinance Regulating Poultry
(Admin Committee- November 9, 2009)
http://www.MoscowCares.com/AD_110909_DraftPoultryOrd.htm

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho




> The city council will be considering a new poultry regulation (see below).
>
> My concern is that it bans rearing turkeys within city limits aparrently
> because the city attorney thinks they are too noisy.  Ducks and geese will
> be allowed.  From my experience, ducks and geese are noisier.
>
> I've raised between three and five turkeys at a time off and on here in
> the city over the last ten years with no neighbor complaints.  In fact,
> people seem interested in the birds, particularly kids.
>
> Turkeys are only around for three to five months.  They don't pose more of
> a nuisance than chickens and are less noisy than barking dogs.
>
> Turkeys are very efficient and well-natured meat birds. Losing the ability
> to raise them in the city would be yet another blow to our connection with
> food we eat.
> I hope the city modifies this ordinance to include turkeys.  The current
> wording seems arbitrary.
>
>
> Garrett Clevenger
>
>
> SECTION 1:  That Moscow City Code Title 10, Chapter 4, Section 12 be
> amended as follows:
> . . .
> Sec. 4-12. Maintaining Certain Animals Regulated.
> A. It shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any fowl, rabbits, horses,
> cows, sheep or goats
> within the City, except as provided in this Chapter or as specifically
> provided elsewhere in
> this Code.
>  1. a. Fowl.  For purposes of this subsection, “fowl” shall mean
> domesticated birds
> (galliformes and anseriformes), and shall include chickens, ducks, and
> geese but shall
> not include peafowl, guinea fowl, turkeys, ostriches, or emus.
> i.A person may lawfully maintain four (4) fowl which are more than twelve
> (12)
> weeks from hatch per lot of not less than five thousand (5,000) square
> feet and one
> (1) additional fowl more than twelve (12) weeks from hatch for each
> additional
> twelve hundred fifty (1,250) square feet per lot up to a total of twelve
> (12) fowl
> more than twelve (12) weeks from hatch per lot.
> ii.A person may also mainatin up to twenty five (25) fowl not more than
> twelve (12)
> weeks from hatch, per lot which is of not less than five thousand (5,000)
> square
> feet, if such fowl are not intended for sale and do not comprise a
> commercial
> agricultural use, as demonstrated by the person keeping or maintaining
> such fowl.
> iii.It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain male fowl within
> the City
> limits except for a time period not to exceed twelve (12) weeks from
> hatch, as
> demonstrated by the person keeping or maintaining such male fowl.
> iv.In no event shall the coop and/or run constructed for containing fowl
> be less than
> twenty five feet (25’) from a dwelling other than that of the person
> keeping or
> maintaining fowl.
> v.It shall be unlawful for a person to keep or maintain peafowl, guinea
> fowl,
> turkeys, ostriches, or emus within City limits.
> vi.This subsection shall not apply to zoning districts which allow
> commercial
> agricultural uses, or to areas otherwise exempted by this Code or to uses
> specifically permitted by this Code.
> specifically permitted by this Code.
> Garrett Clevenger
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