They're back ... not quite back on the hilltop on Second West, but waiting, watching, wondering .. if the humans on Prince Rupert City Council will let them into the community.
The Goats of the Moby Dick will make some news at tonight's City Council Session, the topic the last item on the night's official agenda, offering an opportunity for Councillors to revisit the themes past of livestock within the city limits.
The topic made its way to tonight's session as part of a report from the city's planning department related to a Temporary Use Permit Application.
The Report from Planner Rodolfo Paras, observing how the applicant Teresa Lee, owner of the Moby Dick, is seeking a Temporary Use Permit to allow for two live goats in the fenced in property for up to three years.
June 2019 -- Council sets report plans in motion on themes of small livestock
June 2019 -- Livestock review ahead for City Council amid short lived stay of the Moby Dick goats
The goats provide innovative environmental services and are less polluting than weed wackers. They should be allowed to remain in residence.
ReplyDeleteIs Prince Rupert really in a position where civic planners are attempting to justify an instagrammable hobby farm?
ReplyDeleteShouldn’t city planners be working on transportation, housing, or infrastructure?
Yes they should be, but a private property owner has applied for a permit, and they are legally obligated to process that request. Im sure there are a million other priorities they would rather be working on
DeleteA permit application has been made for a variance from the zoning requirements for the subject property, so the planners are obliged to to refer it to the council with information and advice so that a decision can be made. The request cannot be arbitrary dismissed.
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