[College Hill Topeka] City Council Vote for Pigs

[Smith]

The disagreement Ms. Hunt is that the ordinance is for ALL such animals.  If it only related to the pot belly I would tend to agree with you.  But it does not.  It includes all other "farm" animals.  I don't want small horses, goats, chickens, and other animals covered under this ordinance to impact my property value not the quality of my life.
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On Mon, 9/25/17, Heidi Hunt <hhunt231 at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: RE: [College Hill Topeka] City Council Vote for Pigs
 To: "'Smith'" <ml.smith at sbcglobal.net>, neighbors at collegehilltopeka.org
 Date: Monday, September 25, 2017, 10:22 AM
 
 I politely disagree with Mr.
 Smith!
 I have owned a potbellied pig as a
 pet. I can attest to its friendliness and
 quiet demeanor. If one is to clean up the pig
 poo as one does dog poo, there
 is no smell
 issue. Many owners of potbellied pigs have their pet pig in
 the
 house some of the time, where it uses a
 cat litter box.
 Sure a herd of pigs kept
 outdoors would be offensive - just as a pack of
 rottweiler's would!!!
 A
 single pet potbellied pig is no more of a neighborhood
 problem than a
 barking dog kenneled outdoors
 all the time.
 I would vote in favor of
 allowing someone to keep not only a potbellied pig
 as a pet, but also a couple of miniature goats.
 (A couple, because they are
 a herd animal
 and otherwise would be lonely!!)
 Heidi
 Hunt
 College Hill
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Neighbors [mailto:neighbors-bounces at collegehilltopeka.org]
 On Behalf
 Of Smith
 Sent:
 Monday, September 25, 2017 9:53 AM
 To: neighbors at collegehilltopeka.org
 Subject: [College Hill Topeka] City Council
 Vote for Pigs
 
 You may or
 may not know that a Topekan has requested the Topeka City
 Council, through Brenden Jensen, to change the
 city ordinance to allow
 mini-pigs in the
 city limits.  Brenen's proposal before the council
 would
 allow pigs under a certain weight as
 well as hoofed livestock and chickens.
 The
 following is my request to the entire Council.  If you
 share my concerns
 I would ask that you let
 your councilman know before the upcoming vote.
 
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 I have been following the request to have the
 city approve an ordinance to
 allow mini-pigs
 and hoofed animals within the Topeka City limits.
  
 I would like to offer my
 request to deny such an ordinance.
  
 I can tell you, from having a pig down the
 street and having chickens behind
 me, that
 they are noisy, nasty and smelly.  I am most certain that
 this will
 cause property values to
 decline.  A prospective buyer of a property will
 more likely than not, back off once it is know
 that there are chickens,
 pigs, goats or
 other farm animals living next door.
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 Mike Smith
 1335 SW College Ave
 
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