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Show Bountiful Pigeon Issue Still 'Up in ir - By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL -- Bounti-ful's Bounti-ful's pigeon problem is "still up in the air" after being tabled last week for further study. THE CITY Council decided to study a Salt Lake City- County pigeon ordinance before be-fore taking action at next Wednesday (Aug. 11) meeting. Council meetings begin at 7 p.m. in Bountiful City Hall. The council has had a heck-uva heck-uva time coping with this problem, prob-lem, having spent consider able time not only in meetings but on-the-site trying to determine deter-mine how many, if any, pigeons pi-geons should be allowed each household. AND THERE'S two definite sides to this issue -- one by the neighbors who allege to being "bombbarded" by overhead pigeons and the other by pigeon pi-geon owners who say they raise the birds to fly in competition com-petition as a hobby. Dr. C. Richard Chidister, of Bountiful, spokesman for the small group of pigeon owners, told the City Council that the Planning Commission's recommendation re-commendation of limiting the number of birds per household to five was "inappropriate and would destroy any attempts of pigeon raisers to compete ... pigeon raising contests. IN PAST years, Bountiful's city ordinance regarding pigeons pi-geons stipulated that a homeowner in a residential area may have "a reasonable number" of pigeons at any one time. A complaint was made to the city several months ago by a neighbor of a pigeon raiser who complained that more than 100 pigeons was not a reasonable number. About three months ago, the city council agreed that 25 would be a reasonable number. num-ber. But this figure, too, was cnanengea by neighbor the question was refer,. ' to the City Planning c sion for recommendation ' THE PLANNING Cr I s.on. by a 3-2-1 vote mended that only five'! be allowed per househol d residential area. ,: - After considerable Vl" sion between irate citiZe .- fB pigeon owners, the co agreed to postpone until!: ' Wednesday (Aug. --al sion so that similar ordinal d' controlling pigeons int." .i(sa Lake Ci.y-County co Unstudied. Un-studied. -;TH SA ''.Vilmfl |