[Vision2020] "Moscow Cares" Website (Update 111709-01)

[Moscow Cares]

Greetings Visionaires -

The "Moscow Cares" website has been updated to include videos and
committee reports related to the following segment of the November 16,
2009 Moscow City Council session.

Draft Ordinance Regulating Poultry
(Passed, 5-1)

Recent interest in urban agriculture and desire by some to raise fowl
within City limits has coincided with the increase in concerns regarding
noise and nuisance within the City. Members of City staff have met with an
informal group of those interested in promoting and/or engaging in raising
fowl. This resulted in a first draft of a proposed Ordinance regulating
fowl. Features include a definition of "fowl" which applies only to the
section in question; a limit on the number of mature hens allowed (based
upon a lot square footage); a prohibition of mature roosters; a limited
allowance for raising of chickens for meat and reduction of the distance
required between a coop and a neighbor's dwelling. The draft does not
restrict commercial agriculture allowed by the current Zoning Code nor
does it restrict the raising of fowl within the University of Idaho
campus.

http://www.moscowcares.com/111609_06_DraftPoultryOrd.htm

As always, this stuff and other neat-o Moscow stuff, in quantities and
quality as to stagger the imaginations of mere mortals, is accessible at .
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"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho