<div dir="ltr">PS Here's an excerpt from my 2011 "Zoning and Planning Law Report Awards" published by Thomson Reuters annually for the last 26 years:<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The <b>Let's Play
Chicken Award</b> goes to Willard, Missouri for issuing Mr. Mello an order to
remove the 20 chickens and that very happy single rooster within 30 days,
because apparently the city ordinance only allows farm animals to be raised on
residential property of was 10 acres or larger. Mr. Mello lives on three-quarters
of an acre.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Meanwhile, two aldermen in the city are rethinking prior
rejected proposals that would have allowed three chickens and no roosters. Mr.
Mello is holding out for six chickens and no roosters. As Mr. Mello's
nine-year-old son Jacob says "The neighborhood dogs are much louder than
the chickens."</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.05pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black">This
ratio of 20 chickens and one rooster brings to mind the psychology of sex and
The Coolidge Effect as described by Psychology Today:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.05pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Scientists call the tendency to tire of a mate
with whom one sexually satiates oneself, while mechanically perking up for a
new one, the <i>Coolidge Effect</i>. They have observed this phenomenon widely
among mammals, including females. Some female rodents, for example, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/flirting" title="Psychology Today looks at Flirting" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-line:none">flirt</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> a lot
more—arching in inviting displays—</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3408449" title="Effect of Novel and Familiar Mating Partners on the Duration of Sexual Receptivity in the Female Hamster" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-line:none">with unfamiliar partners</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> than with
those with which they've already copulated. In keeping with this phenomenon,
when couples </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/divorce" title="Psychology Today looks at Divorce" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration-line:none">divorce</span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> because their
sex lives have gone out of sync, the formerly uninterested spouse is often
startled by a raging libido when a new lover enters the picture.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.05pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cupids-poisoned-arrow/200907/what-if-she-were-always-in-the-mood" style="color:black" target="_blank">http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cupids-poisoned-arrow/200907/what-if-she-were-always-in-the-mood</a></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.05pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">The
term was coined </span><span lang="EN">in 1955 </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">by</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethologist" title="Ethologist" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">Ethologist</span></a><span lang="EN"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_A._Beach" title="Frank A. Beach" style="color:black" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">Frank
A. Beach</span></a><span lang="EN"> at the suggestion of a student. It comes from this wonderful old joke about President
Coolidge, “Cool Calvin” as we New Englanders so fondly call him from his </span>campaign slogan: “Keep Cool with
Coolidge:” <span lang="EN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN">The President and Mrs. Coolidge were being shown [separately] around an
experimental government farm. When [Mrs. Coolidge] came to the chicken yard she
noticed that a rooster was mating very frequently. She asked the attendant how
often that happened and was told, “Dozens of times each day.” Mrs. Coolidge
said, “Tell that to the President when he comes by.” Upon being told, President
asked, “Same hen every time?” The reply was, “Oh, no, Mr. President, a
different hen every time.” President: “Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10pt">Dewsbury, Donald A.
(2000) "Frank A. Beach, Master Teacher," <i>Portraits of Pioneers in
Psychology, Volume 4,</i> p269-281 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN">W</span>hat Do You Do With Evicted Chickens Award</b> goes to Winder City,
Georgia which took on the chickens in residential zones problem early in 2011.
The city’s initiative would allow 12 chickens per acre and has had ample public
support with 78% of respondents saying they did not object to the chickens (the
local KFC franchise was not allowed to vote). Only three people spoke in
opposition at the public hearing. Still, the planning commission recommended
denying recommended against changing the law. As city planner Larry Lucas explained:
"Ultimately, the planning and zoning commission voted not to change the
ordinance. They felt like the benefit of the few folks who saw that this was
not a major disruption to their neighborhood's character were outweighed by the
commitment of expensive would take to enforce the ordinance." The most recent information is that the
Council rejected the ordinance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The much-sought-after <b>Micromanagement
Award</b> goes to Hopewell Township, New Jersey which this year adopted an ordinance
that regulates when chickens and roosters can hook up in henhouses. Roosters
must first demonstrate that they are disease free. The will be allowed in the henhouse
only 10 days a year because mature roosters are too noisy. The ordinance
actually provides if a rooster gets a
little too noisy over his latest conquest he can be banned from the property
for up to two years, so the word around the henhouses is keep it down and be
discreet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Back to the <b><span lang="EN">W</span>hat Do You Do With Evicted
Chickens Award, a</b>pparently, there is an unintended consequence of banning
chickens already kept on residential properties – there are no shelters. In the
City of Auburn, Georgia, and Barrow County, Georgia as a whole, there is no
place to put the homeless chickens. We all know about animal rescue operations
and have seen them for dogs, cats, llamas, and rabbits but chickens? We are pleased to report that an Internet
search of the term "chicken rescue" yields Chicken Run Rescue -
“Chicken Run Rescue is the only urban chicken rescue of its kind…” which just
goes show you there’s a website every cause.<a style="color:black" href="#m_-8211011629265418109__edn1" name="m_-8211011629265418109__ednref1" title=""><span style="vertical-align:super"><span style="vertical-align:super"><span style="font-size:12pt">[i]</span></span></span></a> At Chicken Run Rescue, you can even learn why
chickens make great companion animals:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chickens
are highly intelligent, gentle, vivacious individuals who form strong
lifelong emotional bonds with each other as well as other species.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">They
are warm and silky and lovely to hold.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">They
are primarily ground dwelling birds who are very home and routine centered
and can thrive in a space the size of a normal urban backyard and home.
They can coexist happily with compatible dogs and cats and have similar
life spans.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adopting
a chicken will increase compassion and reduce violence in the world. </li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PetFinder.com lists about two dozen chickens available for
adoption. Farm Animal Shelter (<a href="http://www.farmanimalshelters.org" style="color:black" target="_blank">http://www.farmanimalshelters.org</a>)
is an excellent resource for all types of farm animals.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p>
<h1 style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:12pt 0in 3pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">The issue of raising chickens on residential properties has become of
such national interest that of some of the leading academics in the field are
writing on the subject, including the editor of this august publication. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal"></span></h1>
<h1 style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:12pt 0in 3pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">See Patricia, Salkin, “</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Feeding the Locavores, One Chicken at a Time:
Regulating Backyard Chickens,” </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1774023" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1774023</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></h1>
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<a href="http://www.brittonclouse.com/chickenrunrescue" style="color:black" target="_blank">http://www.brittonclouse.com/chickenrunrescue</a></p>
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</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 1:32 PM Dwight Merriam <<a href="mailto:dwightmerriam@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwightmerriam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Some places ban them completely, only because they make noise...see pages 25-26 of this publication <div><a href="https://business.ct.gov/-/media/DOAG/Commish_and_Gov/LivestockGuidanceBookWEB-002-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://business.ct.gov/-/media/DOAG/Commish_and_Gov/LivestockGuidanceBookWEB-002-FINAL.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Dwight</div><div><br></div><div>See also: <a href="https://rc.com/publications/upload/AgriUse_Merriam.pdf" target="_blank">https://rc.com/publications/upload/AgriUse_Merriam.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Dwight Merriam, FAICP</div><div><a href="mailto:dwightmerrima@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwightmerrima@gmail.com</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:15 AM Paul Dell'Aquila <<a href="mailto:psdplans@gmail.com" target="_blank">psdplans@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning -</div><div>I was wondering/hoping that someone out in MassPlanners Land had any recent experiences with regulating the number of roosters a residential property may have. <br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>Paul Dell'Aquila, AICP<br></div><div>Upton Town Planner<br></div><div><a href="mailto:pdellaquila@uptonma.gov" target="_blank">pdellaquila@uptonma.gov</a><br><br></div></div>
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