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She Got a Permit for Her Chickens. Now the City Is Fining Her $80k
The Douglas, Michigan, city government is hitting Kathryn Sarkisian with crushing fines after reversing its own approval.
Earlier this month, Sarkisian decided to make her protest official by suing the city of Douglas in federal court, with the assistance of the (PLF) and the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. Even if the city had followed the proper timing protocols for neighbor objections, the lawsuit notes that the ordinance's wording still inherently runs afoul of due process rights. Earlier this year, a local court in Oakland County, Michigan, struck down a different city's antichicken ordinance, ruling it to be unconstitutionally vague.
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