Your not so silent partner. Government.

[Sir Loin]

Your not so silent partner. Government.
Government takes over management of cattle. Coming to a town near you!

City councilors unanimously approved an amendment to Muskogee's zoning ordinances that will provide residents with alternative ways to determine how many farm animals may be kept on certain property.
Councilors also approved an emergency clause, which means the law will take effect upon publication of the legal notice. One city official said it generally takes about 10 days before the notice is ready for publication.
Planning and Community Development Director Gary Garvin said the zoning change proposal came as a result of requests made by a property owner seeking a zoning change that would allow him to keep more horses.
Under the present zoning codes, those who possessed property zoned "B-1A" were allowed to keep two farm animals on that property. The Board of Adjustment has the authority to approve additional animals if it can be proven the property can support more animals.
"A lot of people were concerned that we were reducing the number of animals they could keep," Garvin said. "This amendment just gives them options about how to determine the number of farm animals they can have."
Garvin said if a person is not in violation of the present zoning code with regard to the urban estates residential district restrictions, then they won't be in violation of the code once the new law takes effect.
Garvin said the proposal approved Monday provides an exception by adding a new section to Muskogee's zoning code. The new section defines a "farm animal" as "horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats, sheep or any other animal of similar size or stature (excluding pigs)."
According to Garvin's presentation, the new law will require two acres for each "animal unit." Garvin presented city councilors with a table approved by the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture to illustrate how the system will work.
Under the agricultural guidelines, a 1,000-pound cow with calf is equal to one animal unit. Calves will be ranked by weight, with a 400-pound calf being equal to 0.5 animal units. A bull equals 1.25 animal units and sheep are considered 0.2 units each.
For example: A person who keeps four horses — or five animal units — would have to have 10 additional acres. A person who has five sheep — or one animal unit — would have two acres.

Source: http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/lo ... 05219.html

 

[Brandonm2]

Here you are limited in the Agriculture zoning to one horse, donkey, pig, or cow per acre; Five sheep or goats per acre; and 20 chickens per acre. Persons (such as Chicken house owners) who were here in production BEFORE the zoning laws were passed ca 1996 are grandfathered in though they may not expand their operation without getting a variance from the zoning board of adjustments. Likewise a new chicken house in Agricultural zoning would have to be approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustments. Undeveloped property that is not zoned agriculture would have to apply for a zoning change by the planning commission and the by the city council. Livestock operations in other zonings while grandfathered in may not be replaced if they are removed. All this municipal nonsense is part of the reason why I am relocating to a sparsely populated section of West. Alabama.

 

[icandoit]

"This amendment just gives them options about how to determine the number of farm animals they can have."

What a croc of bull. I loks like your in the 'City Limits', and that can be brutle.That's why I live in the 'County'. Alot less restrictive. Cities are being overtaken by either rich people taht have no clue as to where thier food comes from, or by people that think that they are more knowledgable and know what's best for a city. You take a person or family that has come from say' The Houston Suburbs' to a town with a Pop.of 1500 and they run for city council positions, they want to change the cities positions on just such an issue.
DON'T LET THEM

That's all I have to say right now. Thank you for listening.


Dick

 

[AngusLimoX]

If your state has a policy, does it not over-rule the municipal one?

If your state doesn't have a policy then you have been sitting on your butts too long.Get a state policy and keep Clem Cadiddlehopper off your farm!

Big divider here on hobbyists and full time - should be same set of standards. Our laws favour larger ( 80 - 100 plus pairs )legitimate operations that generate sustainable income.

ALX

 

[Sir Loin]

Clem Cadiddlehopper

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Can't remember when I heard that name last. Now your showing your real age!
SL

 

[Bama]

How bout Bolivershagnasty?

 

[icandoit]

Red Skelton Show, Loved it.

Dick

 

[Jogeephus]

Today, government regulation that takes away people's property rights is routine and is often justified by planners based on a warped theory of "evolving rights." According to this theory, people once had a right to do anything they wanted with their land, but now society has evolved so that first one right, then another, disappears for the greater social good. This is a huge misrepresentation of land history.

Get involved and don't give an inch.

 

[Sir Loin]

Hey Hecliff and Gertrude
Re:

How bout Bolivershagnasty?

Don't know that one! Who was it? Or what was it?

How about Willie the Worm? Remember him?
SL

 

[Brandonm2]

Our laws favour larger ( 80 - 100 plus pairs )legitimate operations that generate sustainable income.

ALX

Alabama laws actually probably favor the little hobbyist guy. I can have less than 100 pigs and not have any kind of govt oversight. That 100th pig means that I have to have an Alabama Department of Environmental Management "confined animal feeding operation" permit. The permit means public hearings, state approved waste management plans, and some scumbag state inspector has to be given 24/7 access to inspect your farm and he has the right to demand to see soil test records, waste application dates/rates, animal health historys, etc. Dittoe with feeding out too many steers. Commercial quantities means that you take your orders from our government overlords and you do what they tell you to when they tell you to do it and you had better be polite about it. All those municipal laws in my previous post apply to people in THIS town in addition to the state laws. Each town has the right to make their own regulations.