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4 - \ .,, 14ZTNDtLS OP Illy RLGULAI2 NILLTING OI' 1'H& 'VILLAG:L COUNCIL OP TIIB; VILLAGE OP LI`1''1'Li; CAI~TADA ~ ~ The rega]ar meeting of the Council of the 'Village of Little Canada, vras held at the Little Canada Fire hall, 440 i~,. Little Canada Road, on January 10, 1962 at j:3U P.1I. The following Council members were present: Carl Spooner, Ntayor; ";falter P. Coenen, Clerlt; John Vitale and Edward Loeffler, 'irustees. Also present were: Frederick P. IViemmer, Village Attorney; Louis Jesperson; [load Supervisor; 12ichard Boss, Treasurer. The Clerk administered the oath of office to Carl Spooner, newly elected mayor. tiiayor Spooner then called the meeting to order. Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Loeffler, it was "ih:SOLVliD, that the minutes of the meeting o£ December 6 and the regular meeting o£ December 13 be approved as -read." Izyes - 4 Nays - 0 The resolution ?vas adopted. Iulr. Huffman of 40 long Lane, appeared before the Council and stated that he keeps some chickens and ducks and also a horse on hie property. He explained to -the Council that the chickens and ducks ;rere being kept as a sort of cormnunity project for children in the neig'nborhood and that bite horse had also been acquired in or-der t-o provide enbertainrnent for the children. He stated that he eras malting arrangements to lteep -the horse in a barn located in another village. ?Dirs. Hwnmer, 30 Iona Lane, i=rho is a neighbor of iv1r. Huf:fman.~s tata$ed that 14r. Huffman has mistreated the animals and that he has vicious dog,; on his property. Size also objected to some sha:oby loan-to structures which he had constructed i.n 'the rear o£ his property. 'ihe Village 1lttorney was aslted about the law with :ce:fere-r~ce to keeping animal,^, on residential property. He poitzted out there is no authorization under the zoning code for keeping duclts, chickens and other farm animals in reside:tial areas. The Attorney ~rren:b on to explain that vahile there may be some such animals located in residential property at different parts of the Village, this :eras done because of the acquiescence o:f. t-he neighbors and not because it was legal to d.o so. irir. Huffman stated that he had disposed o£ his police dogs and that he vrould tear douvn the lean-tos that are now on tine back of his premises. '1'he Priayor pointed out to Pair. Huffman that 'the ComZCil had no other alternative except to demand and. re- quire of him that he clean up the premises and quit keeping these farm animals. The Clerk -read a, ]-ebte-r from the Civil Defense Department which vras placed on file. '1'he Clerk read a letter from the County Auditor relating to an arc:. light on P~'IciVTenemy Street azzd hose Lane. `Phis was placed on file, 1'he Clerlt read a letter from the County Auditor pertaining to an arc: light on Little Canada Road. Phis letter was placed on file.