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From: Wanless Southwick <jwanlesss@gmail.com <mailto:jwanlesss@gmail.com> >
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Subject: Credulity is strained by saying chickens are household pets
To: Jordan Busby <jordan.busby@rexburg.org <mailto:jordan.busby@rexburg.org> >, Tisha Flora <Tisha.Flora@rexburg.org <mailto:Tisha.Flora@rexburg.org> >, Robert Chambers <Robert.Chambers@rexburg.org
<mailto:Robert.Chambers@rexburg.org> >, Mikel Walker <mikel.walker@rexburg.org <mailto:mikel.walker@rexburg.org> >, Bryanna Johnson <bryanna.johnson@rexburg.org <mailto:bryanna.johnson@rexburg.org>
>, Colin Erickson <Colin.Erickson@rexburg.org <mailto:Colin.Erickson@rexburg.org> >
Cc: Mayor Jerry Merrill <mayor@rexburg.org <mailto:mayor@rexburg.org> >, Stephen Zollinger <Stephen.Zollinger@rexburg.org <mailto:Stephen.Zollinger@rexburg.org> >, Spencer Rammell <mcpo@co.madison.id.us
<mailto:mcpo@co.madison.id.us> >, Alan Parkinson <alan.parkinson@rexburg.org <mailto:alan.parkinson@rexburg.org> >, Deborah Lovejoy <deborahl@rexburg.org <mailto:deborahl@rexburg.org>
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The city staff’s assertion, that keeping backyard chickens for food production (eggs and meat) is included in Rexburg's household pet definition, strains credulity. That definition plainly
says "fowl" can be "kept for company or pleasure, such as... canaries, parrots, parakeets...."
“Household Pet: Small animals including fish or fowl permitted in the house or yard and kept for company or pleasure, such as dogs, cats, rabbits, canaries, parrots, parakeets, or goldfish.
Under no circumstance shall more than five (5) mammals, fowl, or reptiles be allowed at one time, except that direct offspring shall be allowed for up to three (3) months.”
https://rexburg.municipalcodeonline.com/#/book/mexpand?type=ordinances&name=CHAPTER_7.3_HOUSEHOLD_PETS <https://rexburg.municipalcodeonline.com/#/book/mexpand?type=ordinances&name=CHAPTER_7.3_HOUSEHOLD_PETS>
Standard definitions for pets specifically exclude chickens or other animals kept for food production (see attached survey of definitions).
Rexburg citizens need the liberty to engage in self-reliance activities, such as raising their own food. They need the protection of clear statements in the city code and in the code’s
definitions to guarantee that right.
Please reject the “Attachment Ord 1298 Dev Code Amendments to Ord 1200” as written because of its serious flaws, and hostility toward domestic livestock in the city.