<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Ahh, the thought of enforcing that city code; the MPD chasing and wrestling down 25 chickens off some poor city saps corner lot. I wonder if they have little chicken leg cuffs too, and a chicken wire jail in the back of the police headquarters to detain the fine feathered offenders. It would be a scene for Reno 911. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 9/30/09, Craine Kit <I><kcraine@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: <SPAN>Craine</SPAN> Kit <kcraine@verizon..net><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] are you interested in having backyard chickens?<BR>To: "Sam Scripter" <moscowsam@verizon.net><BR>Cc: vision2020@secure.fsr.com<BR>Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 5:51 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>According to Moscow City Code, Title 10 (Police Regulations), it is <BR>legal to maintain up to 25 chickens on a 5,000 square foot lot.<BR><BR>HOWEVER<BR><BR>Moscow has an exclusionary zoning code.. The police regulation ONLY <BR>applies in zones which specifically state that chickens or fowl are <BR>allowed. Those are the Agriculture/Forestry Zoning District (minimum <BR>lot size 40 acres) and the Farm, Ranch, and Outdoor Recreation Zoning <BR>District (minimum lot size 3 acres). Keeping chickens in all other <BR>residential zones is a violation of the zoning code (i.e. illegal).<BR><BR>Kit Craine<BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------<BR>TITLE 10 — POLICE REGULATIONS<BR><BR>Sec. 4-12. Maintaining Certain Animals Regulated. A. It shall be <BR>unlawful to keep or maintain any fowl, rabbits, horses, cows, sheep
<BR>or goats within the City, except as provided in this Chapter. 1. <BR>To maintain and keep fowl or rabbits, there must be at least five <BR>thousand (5,000) square feet of real property for each twenty-five <BR>(25) fowl or rabbits, and in no event shall any person keep or <BR>maintain more than fifty (50) fowl or rabbits, and in no event shall <BR>the fowl or poultry house, rabbit hutch, fowl, poultry, or rabbit <BR>run be less than forty (40) feet from a dwelling other than that of <BR>the owner.<BR><BR>Sec. 4-14. Locations; Structures; Pens; Enclosures. Animal <BR>locations, structures, pens, corrals, and any other premises or <BR>structures used for the keeping of and maintaining of horses, cows, <BR>sheep, goats, rabbits,
chickens, doves and pigeons must be kept in a <BR>clean and sanitary condition, free from obnoxious odors and <BR>substances. All persons who keep or maintain any horses, cows, <BR>sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, doves, or pigeons shall keep them <BR>confined at all times in enclosures strong enough, or staked out, or <BR>picketed on the premises, or in such a manner as to prevent said <BR>animals or fowl from going upon the premises or property of another. <BR>It shall be unlawful for any person keeping or maintaining any of <BR>said animals or fowl to allow the same to create a disturbance to <BR>the residents in the particular locality by creating any noise, odor <BR>or damage to the adjacent property, and the keeping and maintaining <BR>of said animals
and fowl shall not interfere with the peaceful and <BR>quiet enjoyment of such property by such adjacent owner and residents.<BR><BR><BR>TITLE 4 — ZONING CODE<BR><BR>Sec. 2-2. Agriculture/Forestry Zoning District (AF).<BR> B. Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:<BR> 1. Agriculture, including the raising, harvesting, and <BR>selling of crops; on-site storage of grain and seed; the raising and <BR>sale of livestock or poultry;<BR><BR>Sec. 2-3: Farm, Ranch, and Outdoor Recreation Zoning District (FR)<BR> B. Permitted Principal Uses and Structures:<BR> 3. Hatching, raising and marketing poultry, provided no <BR>building pertaining to this use shall be closer than fifty feet <BR>(50’) to any property line.<BR><BR><BR><BR>On
Sep 29, 2009, at 7:08 PM, Sam Scripter wrote:<BR><BR>> Really! I didn't know the City Laws/Ordinances permitted<BR>> keeping chickens in residential zones in Moscow. Maybe it<BR>> is in small numbers?<BR>><BR>> Does this mean that I could be treated to the olfactory<BR>> essence of chickens if a breeze blew my direction from<BR>> a neighbor's property, in a Moscow R-1 Zone? And it<BR>> would be LEGAL?<BR>><BR>> My, oh my, what is this world coming to? Talk to owners<BR>> about how to "gather eggs"! Wow. I guess I'm just much<BR>> too old.<BR>><BR>> Hey, if somebody wants to offer me a mocha downtown,<BR>> I'll give them my personal stories about cleaning the<BR>> chicken roost, emptying the "chicken bucket" and watching<BR>> the chickens scurrying to get the best morsels, and,<BR>> actually gathering the eggs. I can add some zest by<BR>> telling tales of fowl
slaughtering, dipping carcasses<BR>> in boiling water, plucking feathers, and singeing the<BR>> pin feathers with a burning newspaper.<BR>><BR>> Now if doing the above suddenly became "way cool" in<BR>> our culture, that would be really interesting, for sure!<BR>><BR>> Just grousing around, because the weather is getting cold . . .<BR>> MoscowSam I am<BR>><BR>> Bill London wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> The Moscow Food Co-op is sponsoring the first annual "Co-op Coop <BR>>> Cruise"<BR>>> from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday, October 11 to visit 4 backyard chicken <BR>>> coops<BR>>> in Moscow.<BR>>><BR>>> The cruise participants will tour the backyard chicken coops, talk <BR>>> with<BR>>> the owners to learn about the realities of raising chickens and<BR>>> gathering eggs, and have the opportunity to ask questions about <BR>>> starting<BR>>> their
own home poultry programs. Snacks and beverages will be <BR>>> provided<BR>>> by the Co-op along the tour.<BR>>><BR>>> The cost of the Co-op Coop Cruise is $12 for adults, $5 for children<BR>>> (children under 3 are free). Tickets can be purchased from any <BR>>> cashier<BR>>> at the Moscow Food Co-op. Enrollment is limited.<BR>>><BR>>> The 4 chicken coops on the tour are all located at homes within<BR>>> residential neighborhoods in the city of Moscow. The tour does not<BR>>> include transportation. Participants must provide their own<BR>>> transportation between coops.<BR>>><BR>>> The Co-op is located at 121 East Fifth Street in downtown Moscow.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> =======================================================<BR>>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>> serving the
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