Last year, Halifax council declined to intervene as bylaw officers
evicted three chickens from Louise Hanavan’s north end yard. But the
issue is far from dead—councillor Jennifer Watts has announced she
will soon ask city staff to establish possible land use guidelines that
permit urban chickens. The issue will come before the December 14
Peninsula Council meeting (7pm, at City Hall). The public will not be
allowed to speak at that meeting, but if the four peninsula councillors
agree to move forward, a public consultation process will begin before
chickens are laid out for the full Halifax council, some time next
year.
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I’m taking this as a ‘green light’. Chicken coop construction will begin in a few days.
Taking my cue from some notorious rogues in a settlement dispute in another part of the world, my chickens will be ‘facts on the ground’ by the time the enforcement folks wake up to my cleverness. They won’t risk acting against me and my chickens.
I believe owning chickens in this fair city is my destiny.
For god’s sake Watts, will you get off this frigging EAC lefty agenda and start dealing with the issues your constituents actually care about?