07-14-2015, 09:17 AM
The Record had an article yesterday about a woman whose chickens were taken by the Humane Society, and who would like to have Kitchener's ban on urban chickens lifted. These animals were adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetary; I'm familiar with them (having noted them while walking in the cemetary), but have no opinion about these ones in particular. Actually, my next door neighbour in a nearby neighbourhood used to have them (until someone alerted the human society), and although I was aware of them and could occasionally hear them, I had no opinion one way or another.
I know that it's something that many people do feel strongly about, though. As noted in the article, a number of municipalities allow and regulate urban chickens, and it's a topic that has come up for debate lately here, as well as in London and Hamilton in the neighbourhood.
Any thoughts here? If the debate is reopened, I wonder what the main points will be. One thing worth noting is that the protagonist of the Record's article says we ought to allow them as Guelph does, but Guelph's bylaw requires the chickens be kept a minimum of fifty feet away from any neighbour, so she may well not be permitted them even if our regulations mirrored theirs.
I know that it's something that many people do feel strongly about, though. As noted in the article, a number of municipalities allow and regulate urban chickens, and it's a topic that has come up for debate lately here, as well as in London and Hamilton in the neighbourhood.
Any thoughts here? If the debate is reopened, I wonder what the main points will be. One thing worth noting is that the protagonist of the Record's article says we ought to allow them as Guelph does, but Guelph's bylaw requires the chickens be kept a minimum of fifty feet away from any neighbour, so she may well not be permitted them even if our regulations mirrored theirs.