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Backyard Chicken Permit is now available!
Ordinance No. 08-19 (Chapter 107 Animals) was approved on June 2, 2008 and is effective Thursday, August 7, 2008. Residents wishing to apply for a permit to keep up to four backyard
chickens (hens only) should submit the permit application with proper payment ($20 fee pending City Council approval on 8/7/08) to the City Clerk, 100 N. Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
Applications can also be made in-person weekdays, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Applications must include the Adjacent Neighbor Consent Form and a drawing of the property showing distances to
neighboring structures and the proposed location(s) of all enclosures that will be used to keep backyard chickens.
Backyard Chicken Permit
Please note that the above link leaves the A2CityChickens web site and links to the City Of Ann Arbor´s City Clerk´s Office
Contact Information
City Clerk´s Office
2nd floor, City Hall
100 N. Fifth Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 994-2725
City Clerk´s Office website
M-F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
 
With a council vote of 7 to 4 on June 2nd the Ann Arbor City Council voted to allow Ann Arbor residences the right to have up to 4 hens in their backyard. With all the political battling out of the way and the dust has settled now is the time for this site to get out of the incubator and move into the coop.
Here are the details:
- The proposed date that permits will become available to city residents is August 7, 2008.
- Hen owners will be subject to noise laws.
- Permits will be granted only to residents of single- or two-family homes.
- Birds shall be housed in a covered enclosure and fenced or in that enclosure at all times.
- Chicken coops will have to be 10 feet from any property line and no closer than 40 feet from any residential structure on an adjacent property.
- Coops and feed would have to be secured to prevent problems with mice or other pests.
- Written permission from property neighbors (neighbor waiver) is required in order to obtain a permit.
So what’s next for this web site? Well, we are starting to collect ideas and soliciting help to get the content added.
Here are some of the upcoming additions:
- Poultry, feed and supply resources,
- chicken care,
- coop designs,
- classified ads (like Craig’s list),
- local chicken coop tours,
- egg recipes,
- calendar of local events (coop building and chicken care seminars),
- image galleries,
- chicken forums and more.
If we missed something from this list please go to our "contact us" page and let us know.
Thanks for stopping by and please check back with us soon.
8/2008
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