By now, most of my Active Rain friends know I'm all about green and all about sustainability and of course, all about the Urban Chicken Movement. If you don't get "Why chickens?"...come see the movie and find out more. What is very interesting about this whole thing is that one of the darkest villians in the above film, has had a change of heart. Where before he couldn't wrap his brain around the urban chicken movement, he decided to be a big man and watch the film. So now, Mr. Chuck Bennett will actually be at the above event this (6 comments)
salem or city council: Salem, OR... Public Hearing on Urban Chicken Keeping on May 26, at City Hall
- 05/14/09 07:47 PM
C.I.T.Y. - Chickens In The Yard was on the agenda at the Salem City Council meeting for the first time on Monday, May 11th, 2009. We asked that the issue of urban chicken keeping be addressed in a pubic hearing and a motion was passed. The public hearing will be held on May 26, 2009 at City Hall in Salem. City staff came back with the following recommendations for a proposed ordinance which includes the following: No roosters to be allowed. No more than three hens allowed on a property. Minimum lot size to be 10,000 feet. Chicken coops permitted in (0 comments)