THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO KEEP CERTAIN FARM ANIMALS AS PETS, PROVIDED THEY ARE KEPT IN A CONFINED AREA ON THEIR PARTICULAR PROPERTY. A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS HAD BANNED RESIDENTS FROM KEEPING FARM ANIMALS, BUT THAT WAS AMENDED, AND THE SUPERVISORS SAY THAT THE ANIMALS CAN BE KEPT, BUT MUST BE CONFINED. THE ORDINANCE WILL HOWEVER LIMIT THE TYPES OF ANIMALS THAT CAN BE KEPT. NEWS REPORTS DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH ANIMALS CAN OR CANNOT BE KEPT AS PETS OTHER THAN CHICKENS. BOARD CHAIRMAN JIM PATTERSON SAYS THAT THE TWP WILL KEEP AN EYE ON PETS THAT DO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR OTHERS.
