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NEW HAVEN - Agnes, Beatrice and Daphne's home on Vista Terrace has been given the official city seal of approval.
With a few dozen neighbors rallying to their cause, the pet chickens will continue to have a New Haven address, despite some opposition from residents of the Westville Street.
The Board of Zoning Appeals late Wednesday granted a special exemption to Jane Garry and Fred Shapiro of 15 Vista Terrace, which allows them to keep the pet birds in their back yard, as long as the couple extends a cedar fence so the fowl don't wander.
"I'm thrilled to hear that," said Tony Forman, who lives next door, when told the chickens could stay. "We like the idea of being a little closer to our food source. I think it is something that should be possible."
The academic couple - Shapiro is an associate librarian at the Yale Law School and author of "The Yale Book of Quotations," while Garry is a researcher with the Oxford English Dictionary at Yale - said they were unaware that some neighbors' feathers had been ruffled by the hens, which the couple have had since April.
It became clear when two city zoning inspectors, following a complaint, showed up at the end of September to inspect their yard and point out that in New Haven, chickens are considered livestock, which is not allowed without a special exemption.
Full Story: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/11/14/news/new_
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