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Building inspector, council discuss chickens and zoning after resident complaints; Supreme Court precedent cited
Summary
The village building inspector reported permit activity and code enforcement work and, while discussing a resident complaint about keeping meat chickens, noted a Michigan Supreme Court decision (Northville Township v. Northville Public Schools) that public schools are not subject to local zoning; council asked staff to research how that precedent applies to homeschool settings.
The building inspector and council reviewed ongoing permit activity and civil infraction referrals. Council members raised a resident complaint about keeping chickens. The inspector said some chicken complaints had been resolved and that in some cases chickens used in school programs are…
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