Thursday, March 20, 2014

What I Saw - March 20, 2014

 A seagull who knows how to use the crosswalk.  
That makes him smarter than some of the people I see around town, who disregard the lines, walk in front of moving cars, ignore traffic signals and are all-around oblivious. 
And this bird's not jaywalking.  Gull-walking maybe, never jaywalking.






Speaking of birds, there are chickens on 7th Street.  Yes, chickens.  Is this even legal?
I thought keeping livestock within borough limits is not permitted.

 An idea whose time has come?

Columbia Plaza parking lot - The water keeps flowing, and the potholes keep growing.

9 comments:

  1. keeping chickens in the boro is illegal....call codes with address!

    maybe the water co check the parking lot at mussers for a leak.

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  2. Perhaps the sea gull was not jay or "gull" walking because he or she does not have a cell phone attached to their person!

    If I can recall correctly, one can have chickens in the Borough if their lot size is over 10,000 sq.ft.

    Squawk on!

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  3. I have stopped shopping at Mussers because of these pot holes. It is ridiculous. They have multiplied to the point where you can't avoid them anymore.

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  4. you can have chickens if your lot is over a certain size...i think 10,000 sq ft or larger?

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  5. Chickens are legal if your property is over 10,000 sq ft. Check code book before saying it is illegal.

    Shopping center parking lot is ground water. has pushed water for years when extremely wet.

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  6. Thanks for the info. The yard with the chickens is fairly small. I don't know the exact area.
    The potholes near Musser's are getting so bad that it's increasingly difficult to drive on, over, and around them.

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  7. I rescued and wanted to keep a duckling about 6 years ago. I had a very large yard, but that never came up, I was simply and directly told "no" not within borough limits. I hope this isn't another "some can/some can't" borough ordinance.

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  8. 10,000 sq ft equates to about 1/4 acre. Not many properties except for uptown or on the edges would qualify.
    A rescued duckling is not the same as a chicken. The duckling would be considered wild waterfowl and falls under the jurisdiction of the Game Commission. Permits are required to keep or you must be certified rehabilitator to raise and release back into the wild.

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  9. The yard that the chickens are being "cooped" up in is no where close to that size, so it is illegal.

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