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...Fastman argued that the chickens are of a carefully selected breed that does not make too much noise, and the smells had wafted from a pool of water that had been created for the ducks and removed at the start of winter...
...Fastman, his wife Allison J. Fastman, and their housemate Blake R. Brasher—all co-owners of the birds—were issued a citation stating the illegality of owning a duck or chicken coop and growing livestock or fowl in Cambridge...
Before undertaking their fowl-raising project, the Fastmans and Brasher had researched Cambridge ordinances, and they noted the absence of “chicken coop” on the list of permitted uses—along with items like doghouses and bird feeders that can be easily found in many backyards, Fastman said. Finding no documented regulations against having chickens and ducks as pets in a backyard when they researched the city ordinances, the trio proceeded to build the coop and keep the birds by what they understood to be legal means...
...Monday, Hamilton and a group of about 20 neighbors in opposition to keeping the birds attended the City Council meeting to voice their complaints. Fastman attended with a few of his housemates, expecting to hear from Davis about the city manager’s report. Instead, Fastman said they were bombarded by false allegations from neighbors, aside from Hamilton, who had never approached him, Allison J. Fastman, or Brasher in person to complain prior to that meeting...
...Fastman, an IT manager at a robotics research and development firm, argued that no human has contracted avian flu in North America, and their chickens have not come in contact with other birds that can spread...