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Auburn to hear comments on chicken ordinance

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Mike Buffington

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Wednesday, April 6. 2011

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The City of Auburn will hold another public hearing regarding its livestock ordinance Thursday, April 7 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers.

On March 15, the city held an initial public hearing about allowing chickens as pets.

Planning and zoning used responses from community members that argued for and against the issue at the hearing, as well as survey results it encouraged residents to fill out.

Seventy-eight percent of those that took the survey stated they had no problem with allow people to own chickens.

On March 17, planning and zoning recommended to the city council at its monthly workshop meeting that it oppose changing the ordinance to allow chickens as pets.

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#1 JodyDi on 04/06/11 at 02:57 PM [Reply]

Barrow county, unincorporated is 183,000 acres, 20,000 acres is cities(small towns, I would call them) More than 80% of our county can have livestock, cows, horses, pigs, chickens, llamas, goats, etc. We have 23 Commercial chicken farms in our small county, all of which can have 125,000 chickens at any given time, each. The 3 local feed stores sell 3000 laying chicks every spring, to individuals that have chickens. Fellow citizens, "We live in rural Barrow county. I first moved here 20 years ago. Why?? Because it is rural. Down home country. Drive down any road in Auburn, what do you see? Horses, cows, chickens, goats, etc.
I actually thought chickens were allowed. Do you realize, that most of the people who would want to get chickens, already have them? Have they been a problem? NO.
These communities in Georgia allow chickens, Cherokee County, City of Atlanta(allows 25), Decatur, Villa Rica, Temple, Carrollton, Lithia Springs, Douglasville, Smyrna, Watkinsville, West Point, Macon, I'm sure there are more, A few major cities, Miami, Houston, NYC(already mentioned) Los Angeles and bunches more! People of Auburn, you will not be overrun with chickens, any more than you are already. Chickens require maintenance every day, morning and night. Not something that many people want to be tied down with. Citizens have been keeping chickens for as long as I have been here, 20 yrs. Who decided to stir up the hornets nest?? Really? Do you want your city to control every aspect of your personal life?

#1.1 Tw on 04/06/11 at 05:09 PM [Reply]

Well said... Just another issue for Barrow County Politics to debate and waste more tax payer dollars on. Wow...The great chicken debate of 2011! Only in Barrow County!

#1.2 Robin on 04/08/11 at 10:29 AM [Reply]

I for one, can attest to the ingornance of some people. I thought that our forefathers earned us the right to own livestock(chickens). I live right across the street from chickens(6) and never hear them. Never smell them. My child an dI even go over and take them food. It teaches my child about different animals wiothout having to drive somewhere. I enjoy it. They are truely like pets. You walk up to them and they talk to you. They follow you around their fence. Yes, they are fenced. I still don't see the problem.

#2 Jess on 04/06/11 at 09:06 PM [Reply]

Your statistics speak for themselves "more than 80% of the county can have livestock". My question is this: If 80% can have livestock why does the 20% (or less) need to have livestock in the city limits? It would seem to me that there is little to no point. If you are keeping the minimum number of chickens than they are for personal use meaning only that you keep them for eggs. It seems rather silly to go through all this effort for eggs that available in stores and in the small "farmers markets" on the side of the road.

#3 metro on 04/12/11 at 10:36 AM [Reply]

Nothing wrong with this county, if you dont like rural, dont move here.

if you moved here and now want to complain...LEAVE....it will be another 20 YEARS before you get your way and have chickens banned.

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