1/15/13 Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Streeet Numbers in the Assessors Data Base were checked. There does not appear to be either a #70 or a #104. Is the violation on the North or South side of the street? Is the coop and/or chickens visable from the road? ZEO will drive by the area. ZEO

It is the first Blue house on the left after passing Spazzarini Construction. Yes it is visible however it looks like a fence was just put up to hide it.

Correction: grey house not blue.

1/15/13 Thank you for the update. If itthe direction is going away from Enfield St. then I believe it is 101. IZEO will check. ZEO

Two violation letters were sent to the property owner on the 16th of this month. One is for an accessory structure without a permit and questions on setbacks. One is for the chickens.

Apparently See-Click-Fix only allows one picture to be attached at a time. First picture shows one black chicken and one white chicken. This one will show the accessory structure. ZEO

Sorry - wanted to attach this one. ZEO

Someone should also check out the amount of vehicles there on a daily basis - particulary in the evening. Something is going on there....way to many cars

1/23/13 - Thank you for the new comment. Zoning does not regulate how many cars can be there. They do appear to be registered but not sure who they are registered I'm not sure who if anyone woulld be in charge of car numbers. ZEO

Chickens and visitors, my god, they should be arrested.

Clearly your comment is not well thought out. The issue with a chicken pen is that it promotes predation in a residential zone. If you want to have chickens but a home in a farm zone. Not to mention the sanitation issues which enables serious virus and other pathogen issues. Plus I didn't buy my home in a residential zoned area because I wanted to live near chickens. Maintained on a medium sized lot.

2/14/13 - Update - ZEO has been asked by home owner for a 30 day exxtension to move the shed and take care of the chuckens. ZEO approved extension. ZEO

Peter Bryanton assigned this issue to Ginny Higley

Any cases where a dialog has been started should be marked as Acknowledge. Thank you.

Can we get a status update?

3/18/13 - A Notice of Violation was sent to the property owner. Subsequent paperwork has been sent to Town Attorney's Office before next step is taken. ZEO

Status update please.

4/12/13 - On 3/22/13 a Cease & Desist was sent out. Property owner signed for it on March 27, 2013. There is a 40 day period from the time the Cease & Desist is signed for which would bring us to May 6. If nothing is appealed by the property owner at that time, the file would then be sent to the Town Attorney's Office for further action. ZEO

Status update please.

5/8/13 - ZEO drove by this morning. Shed that was behind the fence in the side yard appears to have been moved. ZEO will check again to be certain. The fencing is still there. Zoning Regulations do no apply to where a fence is placed on the property. They only regulate height, which side of fence faces out and whether there is a sight line issue for other properties or vehicles. ZEO

5/13/13 - Shed has been removed. ZEO has asked for confirmation from the owner stating chickens have been removed from property. Once answer is received, if chickens have been removed, this will be closed. ZEO

Does the cage/coop have to be visible from the road for it to be a violation?

Does the cage/coop have to be visable from the street to be a violation?

5/24 - Still waiting for confirmation from owner that chickens have been removed from property. ZEO does not have authority to enter private property without owner's permission. It needs to be visible from the road unless there is a report (written or phone call) from a neighbor who either abuts that parcel or has knowledge of the property in question requesting ZEO to enter their property to observe a violation. ZEO

6/5/13 - This complaint is being closed . No chickens are visible from the street. If chickens are seen from the street in the future then a new violation can be instituted. ZEO

6/11/13 - Thank you for the status update request. This was officially closed on June 5, 2013 as no chickens had been sighted since removal of shed from property. There are no more updates anticipated. ZEO

These chickens are still in the same location. They only took the roof off the pen!

Pen still there

6/18/13 - There are people who drive by that location several times a day. No chickens have been seen. If you would like to come forward with an affidavit that you personally viewed the chickens, please let us know. The property will continue to be monitored for chickens but will be closed until chickens are actually viewed during one of our drivebys. ZEO.