I am a St. Joseph resident. My pedigree here is as long as any family in the 'over 100 years category.' I had 7 chickens in a cedar sided coop on my property. We thought the chickens were within the ordinance because they were over 200 feet from the nearest residence (not as the crow flies but almost (198 feet)). Our neighbors loved these chickens and everyone enjoyed congregating around the the garden fence to watch the chickens in their run. Sometimes I would see several people leaning on the fence just watching the birds. Runners, kayakers even the AEP guys stopped and enjoyed.
However, when St. Joe decided to bar vehicular access to an access road on the side of our property they determined the 'road to no where' was a public way and the chickens were too close. Needless to say the chickens were evicted and now live with a friend on her organic fa
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