To accommodate Rosemary, Smithfield Township needs a new backyard livestock ordinance . Right now, the ordinance enacted in the seventies prohibits all but 4H projects on less than FIVE acres!! So it's okay to build a barn, you just can't put anything in it!!Since folks have rediscovered the thrill of laying hens in the backyard, and the benefits of fresh, warm eggs, and composted manure for the garden, we are hoping this ordinance will right the wrongs of the plastic/petroleum generation.
