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Real Name: Joseph Damiano Gender: male Member Since: November 18, 2004 Last Signed In: July 24, 2008 Profile Views: 2094 Blog Views: 4427 Kern County, will you sit by while they restrict your rights to have horses on your property? Over the Mountains 5 things to make Bakersfield better... October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 
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Kern County, will you sit by while they restrict your rights to have horses on your property?
Rosedale Home Owners Beware of Large Animals...going, going...GONE
By: Joseph Damiano, Rosedale Originally posted by damiano Fri Dec 1, 2006 11:29:43 PST, as an article awaiting to be approved. I am glad that is awaiting approval because I just found the facts... http://www.northwestvoice.c... ( This post is currently under review by an editor. Immachuca@northwestvoice.com) My wife came home from a horse ranch livid, to say the least, and mad about the Kern County Supervisors Planning Commission planning to make an ordinance change that affects all homeowners, property owners & ranchers in all of Kern county. ( I am trying to find the Ordinance #, any help would be appreciated) Kern County Supervisors are trying to change Kern County's property ordinance by restricting homeowners, property owners & ranchers to have only 1 animal per 1/3 acre. That is one animal per one-third acre or 15,000 sguare feet of land. Existing homeowners, property owners and ranchers with horses or animals, or land zoned for it will be grandfathered in, while future generations loose their right to have animals. The 4H, Future Farmers of America, & Jr. Farms Project are endangerd. Horse owners will be greatly impacted and limited by this planned change to the Property Ordinance. In my opinion of reading this flyer and understanding the impacts of the proposed change this means no more cross-fencing, on your property and the horse properties are going, going, gone, while the big developers are backing this with loving kindness & approval that only a mother would give to her child coming from the Kern County Supervisors planned ordinance change. (I will get more facts published soon) My wife gave me a green piece of paper that explained the details. I read it late last night and was upset about it too. Although we do not have horses on our property, we are zoned for 4H. We don't live on a ranch, but have enough property to cross fence it and have a "Large Animal" area. We have 13500 sq. ft, just short 1500 sq. ft. of the ordinance change. Just think of this situation, if a mare has a foal, we would have two animals. The foal would be considered a large animal @ six weeks old. We would have to get rid of one the horses. Even though foals have to suckle for six months. The ordinance change would make us be in violation because we could only have one animal. I could have some of this information wrong but I will correct it if I am wrong. The horse owners at the stables were talking it up. They had little means to get the word out so my wife stated. I told her to go to the meting, she said that they already had a meeting, and that is why the horse owners are so mad. The meeting attendees got 3 minutes to speak, and the council rudely counted down the minutes, 3, 2, 1 next... Its time to get high tech on their butts... About me & my motives... What does a fairly new Bakersfield resident who came from the big city of New York care about something like this for? I care because I fell in love with Rosedale because you could have a few horses, 4H, you could even ride your dirt bike around your lawn until your neighbors complain, you could pet the cow, or the horse in your neighbors yard. This is so cool, so country, so close to the city. It is an oasis away from the concrete jungle, and cookie-cutter developments that plague the future of Bakersfield. Right now, our home is almost completely surrounded by new apartments, and new cookie-cutter home developments that have barely enough room for a swimming pool much less anything else. The homes themselves are worth more than the land, and much more than our community's older-built homes. But we have land, a decent amount that we can grow a garden, build a pond, have a built in swimming pool, and even cross-fence a small area to stable horses, have pigs, chickens, or other livestock.A Better Bakersfield is not going to be if developers get their way and this ordinance gets passed. For all I know, it already did. Darn the news for not elaborating on what is going on. If they said it, it was most likely at the end of the half-hour broadcast and it was said fast. IF you have some more information, get the word out if you can. If you want no horses then please move somewhere else and do not ruin this oasis in the city... If you want o help this cause then email these contacts: Kern County Supervisors Planning Commission (661) 862-8641 NOTE: Every eMail to these members is recorded and logged. Your opinion and or complaint will be accounted for. Voice your concern today. Demand no change to our animal rights.
I AM SO GLAD WE DID NOT GET THAT ELEPHANT WE WANTED TO NAME Jimbo... Some parts of Rosedale, Bakersfield and surrounding areas are still like an oasis away from the concrete jungle and cookie-cutter developments that plague the future of Bakersfield, and all of Kern County. 0 comments from 0 users
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