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  • Rachel June 25, 2010 at 5:01pm
    It is still illegal. The section Chris sites refers to agriculturally zoned properties. I just spent some time on the phone with Glendale code enforcement going through everything. It's unfortunate that the code is written in a way that can be confusing. It almost sounds like if your property is big enough you can get away with it (the 100 feet from a neighbor) but that's not true if you are R-1. You can be sited if a neighbor complains or if someone from the city sees/hears your birds. If you fail to comply with the citation (get rid of your birds) you have to go to court and that's a minimum of $150. Sad but true. Maybe muscovy ducks or quail could get around the code....
    There was an effort in the works to get them legalized, not sure where that wound up, but it obviously hasn't been successful yet.
    • Ann Hoffman > Rachel June 25, 2010 at 5:57pm
      I'm so sad to hear that. I really wanted to raise a few chickens maybe 4 for organic eggs. My next door neighbor and I both have a .6 acre lot and and the lots behind us are 1 acre horse properties. The horse properties are zoned agricultural and they all have horses and chickens and roosters. But the smaller lots are zoned R1.That I'm sure.
      Oh well, maybe I'll just go ahead and get a coop and some chickens. With all the animal noises around where I live (I have a neighbor who has peacocks too), maybe nobody will notice I have chickens too.
    • Rachel > Ann Hoffman June 25, 2010 at 9:01pm
      If you have a neighbor with peacocks then I'm guessing you won't get any complaints from the neighbors, you just have to worry about the folks from the city. If possible, I would advise putting the coop somewhere where it's not in the line of sight for the water, gas or electric meters. That's how another Glendale resident on here ended up getting cited. Good luck!!!
    • Ann Hoffman > Rachel June 26, 2010 at 7:16am
      Thanks. I will need that.
  • Shaun Jacob June 25, 2010 at 2:57pm
    I think yes if you are R1 But look at the county assessors website to make sure you are really R1.
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