ATTACHMENT 5
Original Message-----
From: Rob Reece
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:39 PM
To: Town Council
Subject: Hens
I am writing in my support of allowing hens in town limits. 10 hens should be fine for any normal sized family. I would however, like to note that the $200+ permit fee for a chicken coop is just ridiculous.
It kind of sounds like you are trying to make it so that no one will actually get chickens because no one wants to pay the $200+. Why not specify the maximum size and height of a chicken coop that can be built without a permit? I am not sure about what size coop 10 chickens would need, but certainly this would be easy to figure out. This would solve the potential problem of someone building a chicken coop that resembled a garage.
Thank you-
Rob
From: David Bordsen
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:46 AM
To: Rae Buckley
Cc: Kevin Foy; [email protected]; [email protected];
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[email protected]; David Bordsen
Subject: pets/livestock
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Please allow me to register my objection to the Chapel Hill Town Council taking any action which would allow residents to be able to keep chickens and/or any atypical or traditionally non-pet animal on property lying within the municipal boundary of Chapel Hill. This prohibition should include poultry, other birds, four-legged beasts of burden or foodsources, as well as dangerous animals (physically or disease-carrying). Certainly there are other animals which should be included in this list as well.
I am a resident of central Chapel Hill and have no interest in residing in a farming-type environment. In-town lot sizes are typically inadequate to provide satisfactory buffers between residents and animal pens, with any associated animal noise, waste, feed and odors.
I also object on the grounds that any such livestock and their associated feed and waste soon become 'hosts' for unwanted, uncontrollable and unhealthy vermin and insects.
I have no interest in my city taxes going toward care and disposal of all that is spun off from the keeping of such beasts.
I cannot imagine that neighboring property values would be anything other than negatively impacted by the presence of such 'farmettes.'
I care not whether the keeping of these animals is as pets or as a rescue facility or for 'wool' or as a food source. They don't belong in towns (see above). Rae Buckley was quoted in the newspaper as saying that no complaints have been received about the proposed ordinance change. I believe that this silence may be a result of either the general populace feeling confident that your good sense would prevail and that you, as our protectors, would easily dismiss such a proposal OR that we have simply given up on you even having enough good sense to protect us. The lack of complaint should not be taken as a sign of acceptance.
Sincerely,
David Bordsen 517 Hooper Lane Chapel Hill |