OVERLAND PARK, KAN -
One Overland Park man has neighbors crying foul for fighting to keep his chicken coop in the backyard. David Crupper wants to keep four of his chickens in his back yard so he can have fresh eggs and use the bird droppings for fertilizer.
During a Planning Commission meeting, there were mixed views from neighbors about whether a chicken coop should be in a residential neighborhood.
Elizabeth Miller has lived in her house for 35 years and she's upset that Crupper won approval from the Planning Commission to keep his chicken.
"I don't like it at all, if they want chickens they ought to go to a farm, to me that's where chickens belong," Miller said.
Crupper said the coop isn't much different than a dog house and he said the chickens are not as loud as a barking dog.
"I just think it's a great idea where there's so many partially-hydrogenated means and we eat out so much, as families it's good to have food where you know where it came from," Crupper said.
Kim Schultz lives across the street and said her kids love the chickens and she believes the coop is good for the neighborhood.
"We love them," Schultz said. "It's been fun for my children and it's really brought our neighborhood together, it's actually unified it. We've gotten to know neighbors who have lived here for six years and we haven't gotten to know them until now."
For now the Planning Commission voted to allow Crupper to have a one year permit to keep the chickens but the final decision will be made by the City Council in June.
During a Planning Commission meeting, there were mixed views from neighbors about whether a chicken coop should be in a residential neighborhood.
Elizabeth Miller has lived in her house for 35 years and she's upset that Crupper won approval from the Planning Commission to keep his chicken.
"I don't like it at all, if they want chickens they ought to go to a farm, to me that's where chickens belong," Miller said.
Crupper said the coop isn't much different than a dog house and he said the chickens are not as loud as a barking dog.
"I just think it's a great idea where there's so many partially-hydrogenated means and we eat out so much, as families it's good to have food where you know where it came from," Crupper said.
Kim Schultz lives across the street and said her kids love the chickens and she believes the coop is good for the neighborhood.
"We love them," Schultz said. "It's been fun for my children and it's really brought our neighborhood together, it's actually unified it. We've gotten to know neighbors who have lived here for six years and we haven't gotten to know them until now."
For now the Planning Commission voted to allow Crupper to have a one year permit to keep the chickens but the final decision will be made by the City Council in June.
