Commission recommends reducing permitted backyard fowl by changing point values
The Planning Commission voted to recommend amending residential code sections to raise the point value for small fowl from 2 to 5, reducing the number of chickens, pigeons and pheasants allowed per lot (from 25 per half acre to 10 per half acre). The change is intended to aid enforcement and reflect neighborhood character as infill increases.
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The Midway City Planning Commission on June 10 recommended that the City Council amend multiple residential zoning sections to raise the point value for rabbits, hens (female), pigeons, pheasants and similar birds from 2 points to 5 points. Under the code’s point system, the change would reduce the allowable number of those birds on a parcel from 25 per half acre (50 per acre) to 10 per half acre (20 per acre).
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