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To: David Boyer, City Manager, Randy Bruce, City Council Member, Richard Lerner, Council Member, Michael Bridges, Council Member, Valerie Knol, Council Member, Samantha Steckloff, Council Member, and Theresa Rich, Council Member

Allow Farmington Hills Residents To Own And Raise Chickens

Change the city ordinance to allow residents to own and raise chickens.

Why is this important?

I believe that if kept clean and safe, chickens are a good source for food as well as natural fertilizer. Hens are extremely quiet and produce no more waste than the average dog or cat. As a tax paying resident of Farmington Hills, I should be allowed to keep these quiet farm animals in the privacy of my own yard. I have been contacted by Councilman Lerner. He has informed me that a resident May in fact keep chickens, but they must be a minimum of 175' away from the neighbors. I appreciate this information, but feel as though that makes it mostly impossible for most residents to in fact keep a coop. After all, how many of us live 175' apart? Perhaps that was the whole point when coming up with this number as a zoning guideline.

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2021-04-15 23:16:47 -0400

100 signatures reached