I’m sorry, but having been on both sides of this issue, I feel the best policy is to ask your landlord for approval. These are living creatures and if it turns out you are in violation (and I am sure if you read your LEASE you will know what you can and can’t do without authorization) they could lose their homes.
I have owned rental property in the past and if the tenant wanted to spruce up the yard on his own, that was fine with me. But sprucing up the yard didn’t entitle them to harboring animals on the property without authorization from me or compliance with the city or county code.
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
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Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Chicken coops for renters
Hi all, we just spent the day touring Davis, CA on a bicycle chicken coop tour and are completely sold on building a coop. As far as I know they are legal here in
My concern is that we are renters and don't want to have to get "permission" to build a coop. We've been here six months and no one from the property management group has ever come out, but we do have ocassional repairman come out, for example a guy is coming next week to replace the window screens where we plan to build a coop.
I've already spent over $500 of my own money to buy lawn equipment and dirt to turn a backyard from 3 foot tall weeks to a nice lawn - and didn't ask permission. Is "don't ask, don't tell" the best policy.
I think the owners would be cool (she's a vet) but the property managers would be a hassle. I had to talk them into letting me have my dog which involved a $500 deposit.
We live on a corner and the area for the coop would have no neighbors on the other side of the fence and would be some distance from any houses. None of the coops we saw today had caused any problems with smell or noise.
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated. thanks, Tony
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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