Campbellford — Shawn and Kelly Bacher are willing to stand before a judge in court to argue their case for keeping seven chickens in the backyard of their Doxsee Street residence.
"It doesn't have to be a fight, but I will fight it as far as I can fight it," Kelly Bacher said Monday morning following a visit to the property by Trent Hills chief building official David Rogers and bylaw enforcement officer Julie Reid.
Rogers and Reid came to see if the couple had decided to comply with a municipal order to remove the hens the family has kept for more than two years.
Rogers said he and Reid came to inspect the property,It's hard to beat the versatility of polished tiles on a production line. not to charge the couple with a bylaw violation. He said they will discuss the next steps with planning director Jim Peters.
"We won't be laying charges today. It's not cut and dried as to how this will proceed," Rogers said.
Bacher said she and her husband were expecting to be charged with being in violation of a municipal bylaw.
"We were expecting a fine today," she said. "I was talking to Jim Peters, and he said the municipality would come and charge us with violation of a municipal bylaw."
The couple and their 12-year-old daughter Kayla have kept the laying hens on their one-acre property for more than two years, raising them into both pets and a source of fresh eggs. When the municipality's bylaw department served notice to the couple last spring that they were in violation of the bylaw,As many processors back away from hydraulic hose , they responded by circulating a petition asking the municipality to change the zoning bylaw to allow residents to keep a limited number of hens — but no roosters — within town limits.
Council decided last month to uphold its policies setting out the zones where farming, agricultural uses and animal agriculture are permitted.
Bacher said the family's deadline to keep the chickens passed Oct. 31. They received a registered letter from the municipality Nov. 3 advising them their property would be inspected Nov. 14.
She said they won't give up hope that they will win in the end and be able to keep their laying hens,the impact socket pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. which are now safely kept in a warmed winter chicken coop.
"They're not hurting anyone. We've never kept them a secret, and we'll continue to try and save them."
Bacher said if the case goes to court and the ruling goes against them, they would move the chickens. "We wouldn't want to see them destroyed," she said.
However, Bacher would rather see the municipality amend its bylaw to allow for the keeping of small numbers of chickens in urban areas.This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS ,there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach. She would even use her experience to help ensure the stipulations of the bylaw are followed.
"If they would work with me, I would be willing to work with them."
Bacher said she asked the municipality more than two years ago for a list of prohibited animals before bringing the chickens to the property. She said chickens were not on the list.
"I told them why I wanted the list, that I home schooled my daughter and wanted to get some chickens. So the chickens didn't exist until the complaints came in."
"It doesn't have to be a fight, but I will fight it as far as I can fight it," Kelly Bacher said Monday morning following a visit to the property by Trent Hills chief building official David Rogers and bylaw enforcement officer Julie Reid.
Rogers and Reid came to see if the couple had decided to comply with a municipal order to remove the hens the family has kept for more than two years.
Rogers said he and Reid came to inspect the property,It's hard to beat the versatility of polished tiles on a production line. not to charge the couple with a bylaw violation. He said they will discuss the next steps with planning director Jim Peters.
"We won't be laying charges today. It's not cut and dried as to how this will proceed," Rogers said.
Bacher said she and her husband were expecting to be charged with being in violation of a municipal bylaw.
"We were expecting a fine today," she said. "I was talking to Jim Peters, and he said the municipality would come and charge us with violation of a municipal bylaw."
The couple and their 12-year-old daughter Kayla have kept the laying hens on their one-acre property for more than two years, raising them into both pets and a source of fresh eggs. When the municipality's bylaw department served notice to the couple last spring that they were in violation of the bylaw,As many processors back away from hydraulic hose , they responded by circulating a petition asking the municipality to change the zoning bylaw to allow residents to keep a limited number of hens — but no roosters — within town limits.
Council decided last month to uphold its policies setting out the zones where farming, agricultural uses and animal agriculture are permitted.
Bacher said the family's deadline to keep the chickens passed Oct. 31. They received a registered letter from the municipality Nov. 3 advising them their property would be inspected Nov. 14.
She said they won't give up hope that they will win in the end and be able to keep their laying hens,the impact socket pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. which are now safely kept in a warmed winter chicken coop.
"They're not hurting anyone. We've never kept them a secret, and we'll continue to try and save them."
Bacher said if the case goes to court and the ruling goes against them, they would move the chickens. "We wouldn't want to see them destroyed," she said.
However, Bacher would rather see the municipality amend its bylaw to allow for the keeping of small numbers of chickens in urban areas.This patent infringement case relates to retractable RUBBER MATS ,there's a lovely winter chicken coop by William Zorach. She would even use her experience to help ensure the stipulations of the bylaw are followed.
"If they would work with me, I would be willing to work with them."
Bacher said she asked the municipality more than two years ago for a list of prohibited animals before bringing the chickens to the property. She said chickens were not on the list.
"I told them why I wanted the list, that I home schooled my daughter and wanted to get some chickens. So the chickens didn't exist until the complaints came in."
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