1st Chicken-Raising Permit Granted In Yorktown

YORKTOWN, NY — It’s been three years since the Yorktown Town Board OK’d raising chickens in residential areas, and now a permit has actually been issued.

A Blackberry Lane family applied for and was granted a permit unanimously by the zoning board of appeals, tapinto.net said. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

There are several conditions homeowners must comply with, including specific lot size and creation of a waste management plan.

Oh, and no roosters allowed.

For more information, read tapinto.net here.

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