The Marietta Daily Journal – Board denies chicken advocate’s request to keep hens on property

The Cobb Board of Zoning Appeals has unanimously denied chicken advocate Joseph Pond’s request to keep four hens on his east Cobb property.

Wednesday was the first chance for the board to test out a new poultry ordinance recently adopted by the Cobb Board of Commissioners, which provides a pathway for residents who live on fewer than 2 acres but who want to have hens.

Commissioner JoAnn Birrell’s appointment to the appeals board, David Poteet, made the recommendation to deny Pond’s request, referencing an April 29 email from Robyn Funderburg, who lives across the street from Pond. In that email, Funderburg writes that she has reported Pond to the county in the past over having chickens.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Board denies chicken advocate’s request to keep hens on property.