Thursday, April 11, 2013
The Public Works Committee voted to recommend a yes vote to the board of aldermen.
Brentwood is a step closer to following many cities surrounding it, as of yesterday’s Public Works Committee meeting. The committee voted to recommend to the board of aldermen that residents be allowed to keep backyard chickens. The vote was 3-1 with Cindy Manestar (Ward 2), Keith Robertson (Ward 3) and Maureen Saunders (Ward 1) voting yes and Andy Leahy (Ward 3) voting no. Resident Angie Hulshoff has kept chickens in her backyard for three years thinking they were allowed. When she found out differently she pushed for an ordinance to allow it. City Administrator Bola Akande and Lisa Koerkenmeier, a planning consultant for the city, wrote the proposed ordinance with input from Brentwood residents who would like to see it pass. Backyard …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
A Brentwood resident is making recommendations for wording for an ordinance.
Brentwood could be on its way to joining neighboring cities in allowing backyard chickens. At Wednesday's Public Works Committee meeting, council members Andy Leahy (Ward 3), Cindy Manestar (Ward 2), Keith Robertson (Ward 3) and Maureen Saunders (Ward 1) discussed allowing chickens in Brentwood, and all were in favor of it. Brentwood resident Angie Hulshoff, in the 8700 block of Rosalie Avenue, had chickens for three years before she was notified by the city that she was breaking city code. She said before she got the chickens a city official told her it was OK, and hadn't had a complaint the whole time. The Board of Aldermen voted on Jan. 7 to allow her to keep her chickens, while putting a moratorium on any more coming into the city. …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The committee heard from the resident who already has chickens, who said she wants Brentwood's standards to be high.
The Brentwood Public Works Committee discussed residents keeping chickens in Brentwood backyards on Wednesday. It came to their attention when resident Angie Hulshoff, who already has five chickens, got a complaint. Hulshoff and others who support chicken-keeping spoke at the board of aldermen meeting on Monday. Some of the same came to the public works meeting on Wednesday. After committee members Ward 2 Alderwoman Cindy Manestar and Ward 3 Alderman Andy Leahy talked about the importance of keeping things clean, keeping neighbors happy, and possible chicken coop regulations, chicken keeper and proponent Guy Niere spoke. He said most cities already have ordinances for noise, odor and nuisance regulations. “I caution that there doesn’t have…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
People and their chickens came to Ryan Hummert Park on Saturday.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Doug Miner
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Maplewood and Richmond Heights allow backyard chickens, and on Saturday many of them came to Ryan Hummert Park for the first Chickenfest. Organizer Geri Redden estimated at least 70 chicken-keepers and their birds came. "We were just doing this from scratch, so to speak," she said. "I thought it was very successful." See more photos at Maplewood-Brentwood Patch Facebook. They contested for the largest egg, the prettiest egg, the best layer, the prettiest chicken and the smartest chicken. They mostly enjoyed the afternoon, as their chickens, tethered by a cord on one leg picked in the grass.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Saturday at Ryan Hummert Park, bring to your chicken to the First Ever Maplewood Chickenfest!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Maplewood-Brentwood Patch editor's backyard contains the four most recent participants in the ordinance to allow up to six chickens to live in a Maplewood backyard.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Doug Miner
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Meet Queeny, Alameda, Alfreda and Miss Whitey. The girls arrived in a cardboard box from the Fenton Feed Mill a few weeks ago and were introduced to their new home, meticulously constructed to keep them safe from predators by land or air. The Patch chickens were given the 32nd chicken permit by city hall to become Maplewood residents. The names: Queeny is the queen. She holds her head high as she lords over her subjects. Alameda and Alfreda look very similar and are always together, like the twin girls I knew long ago, though Almeda seems to be trying to get in good with Queeny lately. Miss Whitey was named by the little girl next door, and it seemed to fit, so why not? We're all having fun getting to know each other – no eggs yet.
TOOWARM
5:40 am on Friday, April 12, 2013
If the chickens did do something wrong.. Leahy and Kelly would most likely write a letter of recommendation for the chickens.... more ›