I am looking for support in changing SL County ordinance to allow the keeping of backyard hens to match the ordinance of Salt Lake City which allows this.
The whole country is moving towards more sustainable living. Los Angeles, New York City, Houston, and Seattle have ordinances which allow keeping backyard hens.
I have lived in my home in the Canyon Rim area for 14 years. I have very large back yard behind my small well kept home on this plot. I have been growing organic gardens year round in our 4 season climate and keeping chickens, hens for their eggs to feed my family and share. I am very much commited to supporting the concepts of 'The Slow Food Movemet.'
Our daily morning meal of eggs and salad greens comes from as near as 50' from our kitchen door. We have made good use of our space in the urban area in which we live. Our garden consist of winter edible greens grown in passive solar grow boxes, an annual vegetable garden, culunary and medicinal herb gardens, 6 varrieties of fruit trees and berries. We have perennial floral gardens, a meditation garden and a children's garden.
It is a place of sharing, graditide and education. We do this with a heartfelt intention to try to be more enviornmentally sustainable as well as for health and humane reasons.
I have recently come to learn there is an ordinace in the Salt Lake County that prohibits the keeping of chickens. But if we lived just 1 block north in the Salt Lake City area it would be legal.
I am requesting suppot of futhering this cause within Salt Lake County. I walked the Canyon Rim area and spoke with over 70 neighbors who signed a petition in support of more sustainable living in Salt Lake County. I had an ABUNDANCE of support in changing the ordinance to allow the keeping of backyard fowl in a manner that would be in accordinance with the ordinances of Salt Lake City. I also spoke at my neighborhood Canyon Rim Community Council meeting and presented this to members of the board. I again had unanimous support with changing this ordinance. Canyon Rim has written a letter of suport and will ask other community councils to support this as well.
In the recent issue of the Milcreek Journal (year4 issue2 Feb.14,2008), Mayor Peter Corroon reports 2008 Priorities for Salt Lake County. I feel this movement coinsides with his stated priorities.
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I am a resident in the Mill Creek area and proud owner of several laying hens. I was shocked to hear that it is unlawful to own hens in this part of the Salt Lake valley, it seems so unprogressive to put a limit on people trying to be more self sustainable. I am a strong supporter of changing this ordinance.
-Cedar
I am so open to having more sustainable living I myself have chickens and am amazed to find that it is an ordinance that you can't have chickens. I am a strong supporter of having them, let’s make this world a smarter and better place!
-Rayna
I totally support you in this! I live north of of you in Syracuse, (just west of Layton) and was surprised that it was currently not legal to keep hens in my town. I have been lobbying the Planning Commission and the City Council Since early Feb this year and it looks like I may get the amendment passed to allow five hens per property. We are not adding a registration requirement nor license fee either. I invite you to come over to my blog and you can read about my fight with them, and see lots of good chicken pics. I also have another blog, http://agreenerutah.blogspot.com, that I will try to get this information up on as well to support you.
Much luck to you.
P~
I support the movement toward keeping hens in residential neighborhoods and applaud this effort in Salt Lake County. I believe, however, that this is a great opportunity to create a better ordinance than exists in Salt Lake City. Fifty (50) feet from any human habitation (including the owner's) can be highly restrictive. A more reasonable approach may be to reduce the maximum number of hens allowable with a permit while also reducing the setback to allow more residents the opportunity to keep chickens. I live in Salt Lake City and cannot meet the setback requirements. Keep up the good work.
S
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