Residents on a Bridge City street are not happy that a new family has moved into their neighborhood and brought a collection of animals with them. Mike McCammond who lives on Gum Drive spoke to the City Council expressing his concerns, and that he wants the animals especially the goats gone from his street. McCammond pointed out that the animals including goats, chickens, and rabbits are housed in the front yard inside an ugly fence. He was concerned about the property value of the homes in the neighborhood being de-valued because of the animals and the danger for the safety of small children in the neighborhood if the goats were to get outside the fence.
Farm living may be the life for some, but residential neighborhoods are not technically the place for it according to Harbert. Carl Harbert lives next door to the animals and prefers to keep his neighborhood more suburban than rural. Harbert’s concerns are for the health of the three children who live on the property and have a play house in the yard where the goats live. He told the City Council that if he wanted to live in the country he would move to the country and that the neighbor should do the same thing. Harbert concluded that Gum Drive is a quiet little neighborhood and the residents want to keep it that way.
City ordinances in Bridge City regulate the housing of animals on a property. City Manager Jerry Jones said the city is addressing the concerns of the neighbors on Gum Drive. Jones not close to residential structures. A letter from the city will be sent to the resident on Gum Drive with the animals notifying her that she is violating city ordinances according to Jones. The city will proceed from there depending on the resident complying with the ordinances.
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