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Resident asks Clemmons to adopt poultry ordinance to avoid criminalizing neighborhood noise
Summary
Crystal Heston urged the Clemmons Council to adopt a poultry ordinance so complaints about roosters and backyard chickens can be handled without involving police and criminal court; she said clear, noncriminal procedures would reduce neighbor conflict and conserve law-enforcement resources.
During the public-comment period at the Nov. 10 meeting, resident Crystal Heston told the Village of Clemmons Council that the village's current approach to noise and nuisance complaints involving roosters forces neighbors to involve police and the courts.
"Right now, residents who are disturbed by rooster have only one option, filing a nuisance complaint," Heston said. "That means involving law enforcement and the court, a process designed for criminal offenses not neighborhood issues." She said officers rarely witness chronic crowing, which makes enforcement and resolution difficult.
Heston said she lives in a suburban neighborhood with chickens on two sides of her property and a rooster on one, and that a clear and reasonable poultry ordinance would provide a practical, noncriminal pathway for neighbors to address noise without escalating tensions. "A clear and reasonable poultry ordinance would solve this problem," she said.
The council did not take action on the issue during the meeting; Heston concluded by thanking the council for considering an ordinance and for its continuing commitment to the community.
