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Application for Backyard Hen License

Licensing By-law N. 44-2024

Subject Property Information

 

NOTE TO APPLICANTS:


This application form is to be used by persons or public bodies wishing to apply
for a Backyard Hen License in the Town of Pelham in order to keep hens on
properties where they are not permitted by the Town’s Zoning By-law. For your Application to be considered, please be aware that your property must be a minimum size of 1 acre.  No property under 1 acre is permitted to house hens unless specifically permitted in the Town’s Zoning Bylaw.

For a copy of the Town of Pelham's Backyard Hen By-law 44-2023 please use link below.

https://www.pelham.ca/media/fxohojk4/backyard-hens-bylaw-44-2023.pdf

 

PROCEDURE:


The following documents must be enclosed with this application:

  •  Completed and signed application form;
  •  Site Plan of the property showing all buildings and structures, including the proposed
     location(s) of the hen coop and hen run, as well as the dimensions and appropriate setbacks; 
  • If you are not the owner of the property (ie. a renter or lessee) please include a written document signed by the property owner indicating their support of this application;
  • Proof applicant is at least 18 years of age; and
  • Application fee of $100.


Complete and return this form and the required supporting material to the By- law Services
Department. Once Town Staff are in receipt of a completed form and the required material, a site
inspection will be scheduled.


All questions on the application form must be completed. If the form is incomplete or inaccurate,
the application will be returned prior to processing. If you have any questions, please contact
By-law Services at 905-892-2607
ext. 204.

All information requested on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O 1990, c. M.56, as amended, for the purposes of reviewing this application. If you have any questions on the gathering of personal information and the release of any personal information to any person or public body under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, you may contact the Clerk at 905-892-2607 ext. 315

 

Applicant Contact Information 

 

 

Registered Owner(s) 
Are you the Registered Owner of the Property
 


Please upload a drawing illustrating the following:
  • Location of property (including property dimensions);
  • Location of existing structures and features (i.e. accesses, parking, septic, road allowances, watercourses, drainage ditches and nature features;
  • Location of proposed hen coop and hen run, as well as the dimensions and appropriate setbacks (side and rear yard)
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DECLARATION

 

I/We certify that the information provided in this document is true to the best of my knowledge, that all required supporting documentation has been enclosed and submitted with this form, and that this information can be shared with various agencies and departments as part of the licensing review process.

I/We understand and acknowledge that submission of the application under By-law 44-2023 does not guarantee that a license will be issued under the By-law, and that the license will not be issued until all requirements of the By-law are fulfilled to the satisfaction of By-law Services.

As of the date of this application, I/We have examined the contents of this application insofar as I/We have knowledge of these facts, and I/We concur with the submission of this application to the municipality.

I/We have reviewed the following educational material links:

 

 

 


Further, by submitting this application, I agree to allow the Town of Pelham, its employees and agents to enter the subject property for the purpose of conducting site visits that may be necessary to process this request.

All of the above statements are true and I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath and by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act.

 

 



I have reviewed the mandatory Educational Material
 


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