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Sunday, May 09, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Ordinance Allowing Chickens in Bloomington Neighborhoods Producing Good Results"
Our most recent "urban chickens" entry was this one from April 13, 2010.
Now this May 7, 2010 story by Joe Hren, via Indiana Public Media, reports:
Usually the words ‘urban’ and ‘chicken’ don’t go together. But they do in Bloomington thanks to the 2006 ordinance that allow chickens in your backyard.City of Bloomington Planning Director Tom Micuda said the chicken debate generated the most public interest he can remember. “This was very much generated from citizens talking to public officials and council members to develop an ordinance that ultimately got passed -- very much a grass roots effort.” * * *
City of Bloomington Animal Care Director Laurie Ringquist thinks the ordinance has been very beneficial.
“It’s worked well also because we have something clear cut to follow and we’re not caught in limbo with what to enforce and what not to enforce. From a neighbor perspective, it’s reduced a lot of complaints, we rarely get chicken complaints anymore because there are no roosters and people are only allowed to have five hens.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 9, 2010 05:43 PM
Posted to Indiana Government