Me and my wife are trying to get some animals and start our homestead, we've both grown up raising a lot of chickens and goats and we've raised them before but got in trouble with the town because we didn't realize there was an ordinance in place preventing livestock from being owned -here is a copy of the ordinance:
(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LIVESTOCK. Cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, or poultry.
(B) Keeping or maintaining livestock. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or maintain livestock within the corporate limits of the town.
We live on 1 1/2 acres of fairly secluded woods literaly on the very edge of town. We are new to this and trying to learn with the hopes of in a few years time when we pay off this home we can go to a more rural area with no such restrictions.
My question is this; is there type of beginner-intermediate friendly type of animal or any way around this ordinance? we want to work our way up to raising our own meat and dairy. we're currently looking into honey bees right now, and I heard that there might be a way around this if you "Name" the livestock -give it a collar etc and it can then be considered a pet, but I'd hate to invest in that and just end up getting slapped with a fine if that doesn't work....
I'm open to any type of suggestions. Let me know what you think!
(A) Definition. For the purpose of this section the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LIVESTOCK. Cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, or poultry.
(B) Keeping or maintaining livestock. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or maintain livestock within the corporate limits of the town.
We live on 1 1/2 acres of fairly secluded woods literaly on the very edge of town. We are new to this and trying to learn with the hopes of in a few years time when we pay off this home we can go to a more rural area with no such restrictions.
My question is this; is there type of beginner-intermediate friendly type of animal or any way around this ordinance? we want to work our way up to raising our own meat and dairy. we're currently looking into honey bees right now, and I heard that there might be a way around this if you "Name" the livestock -give it a collar etc and it can then be considered a pet, but I'd hate to invest in that and just end up getting slapped with a fine if that doesn't work....
I'm open to any type of suggestions. Let me know what you think!