COME TO CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING JULY 19, 2010 AT 7pm
to show your support for the legalization of mini-goats in the City of Charlottesville! We have over 300 signatures on our petition, more every day, and a wonderful letter from the Seattle City Council President attesting to the positive effects of pro-goat ordinances. We plan to present our case to Charlottesville City Council on July 19, 2010 at 7pm. Please come and bring some friends! :)See you there!
Friday, July 2, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Charlottesville Goat Justice League Position Statement: "We would like to ask Charlottesville City Council to amend City Code to allow residents to keep up to 3 pet goats at their residence. The Code would stipulate that these goats must be miniature (under 100 lbs), any males neutered, all dehorned and nursing offspring allowed until the age of 12 weeks. We feel that city residents should be able to provide milk for their own use from their own land. Goats eat invasive plant species, require very little land, and provide highly nutritious milk. A number of progressive cities in the U.S. have recently enacted such code, including St. Paul, Austin, Berkley, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. We propose basing our code on that of Seattle.
The current Charlottesville ordinance pertaining to goats is Section 4-9: "No goats shall be kept within the city". In July, 1975, a person wrote to City Council about a goat in the neighborhood and asked for a committee to prohibit farm animals from the city. There are no specifics in the record about the alleged crimes of this purported goat. The article was recodified in 1976 at which time the section prohibiting goats was added. There have been no changes or additions pertaining to goats in city code since 1976. City Code pertaining to goats is antique and needs to be updated to reflect modern sensibilities about sustainability.
In support of Council's vision of Charlottesville as a green city, we feel this ordinance change is a simple step we could take in our march towards sustainability."
The current Charlottesville ordinance pertaining to goats is Section 4-9: "No goats shall be kept within the city". In July, 1975, a person wrote to City Council about a goat in the neighborhood and asked for a committee to prohibit farm animals from the city. There are no specifics in the record about the alleged crimes of this purported goat. The article was recodified in 1976 at which time the section prohibiting goats was added. There have been no changes or additions pertaining to goats in city code since 1976. City Code pertaining to goats is antique and needs to be updated to reflect modern sensibilities about sustainability.
In support of Council's vision of Charlottesville as a green city, we feel this ordinance change is a simple step we could take in our march towards sustainability."
Sunday, June 6, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS CHARLOTTESVILLE GOAT LOVERS!!! We gathered 217 signatures Saturday on our petition to City Council to amend City Code to allow people to keep miniature goats on their city property! We will continue collecting signatures for the next two weeks and then go before Council with our request.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Come sign a petition asking Charlottesville City Council to change the city ordinance to allow households to keep up to three miniature goats. We will be gathering signatures at Dots Day at the City Market this Saturday, June 5, 2010! Drop by our table...there will be fun activities for the kids (hehe)....we'll be there 8-12.
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