Does anyone have experiernce with getting thier neighbor's permission for their coop? The law within the city limits is we have to have written permission from immediate property owners. Has this been a problem for anyone and any ideas on how to word the letter?
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I have illegal chickens. My neighbor agreed if I would keep 2 chickens for them, and give them the eggs, I can have my own chickens. So I wanted 3 chickens, I'll have 5 instead. What a deal.
you should get the permission slips the city has and have the neighbors sign it , and just hang on to them.i was turned in for having a rooster that i never had and the inspector was told i had the papers signed but not sent in. he told me not to worry about it but to keep them incase anyone does complain. i had had my chickens for over a year and a half before anyone complained.
Philodice > dan straightOctober 12, 2008 at 5:48am
That's a good idea. I can't believe somebody "cock blocked" you on the rooster you didn't even own.
('cock block' being my new favorite name for anti-rooster legislation)
If you're within the city of Phoenix, you only have to get your neighbor's permission if your coop is within 80 feet of their property. Of course, your neighborhood or development might have its own more stringent CC+R's that you should check...Phoenix neighborhood services has a form letter that they will fax over to you, that's supposed to be notarized.
For those of you that do have chickens, how noisy are they? The only spot I have for them is towards the front of my property. Can someone hear them from 20 feet away? Not a roosterof course, just hens....
Yes, you can definitely hear hens from 20 feet away. If there's a block wall as a buffer that will help, but when hens decide to be loud you can hear them from 50+ feet away.
As for the letters question: if the rule in chandler is the same as the rule in phoenix the only people that can complain are your adjoining neighbors. So if someone else complains and you whip out your letter that those neighbors signed (it may have to be notorized, I'm not positive) then there isn't anything that they can do.
If you think there's a chance that your neighbors may be worried about things like smell and all that, then I wouldn't necessarily bring it up ahead of time. Once you have the chickens and they realize that they don't smell, they can get some free fresh eggs out of the deal and the only issue is perhaps noise sometimes, then they may be less hesitant to complain, especially if they have barking dogs.
No, I have the same rules where I live, (in Chandler) but decided instead to have "secret chickens" and not mention them to the neighbors. I was afraid if I asked ahead of time that if someone objected or refused to sign that would be the end of the whole chicken idea because it would be too late to sneak them if the neighbors knew what I was up to. I thought the rule about getting permission is ridiculous because if no one complains then there's no need for the letters, and if someone does complain then the letters won't do you any good at all anyway. I guess it really depends on your neighbors, and how your yard is set up. I know several other people who have "secret chickens" too, because their ignorant neighbors think that chickens are going to spread some disease or something. Hopefully your neighbors will be okay with it. Good luck!
Judy
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('cock block' being my new favorite name for anti-rooster legislation)
As for the letters question: if the rule in chandler is the same as the rule in phoenix the only people that can complain are your adjoining neighbors. So if someone else complains and you whip out your letter that those neighbors signed (it may have to be notorized, I'm not positive) then there isn't anything that they can do.
If you think there's a chance that your neighbors may be worried about things like smell and all that, then I wouldn't necessarily bring it up ahead of time. Once you have the chickens and they realize that they don't smell, they can get some free fresh eggs out of the deal and the only issue is perhaps noise sometimes, then they may be less hesitant to complain, especially if they have barking dogs.
Judy