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10-23-2003, 09:26 AM
From the Nashville City Paper:
Diversity brings roaming chickens (http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=27707)
With the number of immigrants increasingly moving into Davidson County, farm animals are coming along with them.
In a minor clash of cultures, there have recently been complaints, literally, about chickens crossing roads and goats being slaughtered in back yards.
Residents are not allowed to keep farm animals in their back yards, according to the Metro Department of Codes Administration and the Metro Health Department.
Metro code says it is illegal to keep chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or other domestic fowl within the urban services district. The code also applies to cattle, sheep, horses, mules or goats within 1,000 feet of a home or business, without a permit to do so from the chief medical director.
“I have had two or three complaints over on McCall Street in the 100 block,” said state Rep. Janis Sontany (D-Nashville). “It’s some of the international community that just doesn’t realize that you can’t have farm animals in town. The one lady {that complained} said chickens come over to her porch and roost and make a mess.”
Sontany was, until recently, the council representative for the portion of Woodbine that District 16 councilperson Amanda McClendon took over after redistricting. Woodbine has a large number of immigrants. Sontany said a large part of the problem between neighbors is lack of a common language. She said she believed the problem of farm animals in back yards would grow along with the influx of immigrants.
Is this a preview of what life under the UN might be like?
Diversity brings roaming chickens (http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section=9&screen=news&news_id=27707)
With the number of immigrants increasingly moving into Davidson County, farm animals are coming along with them.
In a minor clash of cultures, there have recently been complaints, literally, about chickens crossing roads and goats being slaughtered in back yards.
Residents are not allowed to keep farm animals in their back yards, according to the Metro Department of Codes Administration and the Metro Health Department.
Metro code says it is illegal to keep chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or other domestic fowl within the urban services district. The code also applies to cattle, sheep, horses, mules or goats within 1,000 feet of a home or business, without a permit to do so from the chief medical director.
“I have had two or three complaints over on McCall Street in the 100 block,” said state Rep. Janis Sontany (D-Nashville). “It’s some of the international community that just doesn’t realize that you can’t have farm animals in town. The one lady {that complained} said chickens come over to her porch and roost and make a mess.”
Sontany was, until recently, the council representative for the portion of Woodbine that District 16 councilperson Amanda McClendon took over after redistricting. Woodbine has a large number of immigrants. Sontany said a large part of the problem between neighbors is lack of a common language. She said she believed the problem of farm animals in back yards would grow along with the influx of immigrants.
Is this a preview of what life under the UN might be like?