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Ocean Shores residents debate allowing backyard chickens and pigs at town hall
Summary
City officials held a town hall in Ocean Shores to gather public input on whether to permit backyard livestock. Speakers raised environmental, nuisance, public‑health and legal questions, and council took no action, saying it was listening to residents.
Ocean Shores residents and city officials met at a town hall meeting to discuss whether the city should allow backyard livestock, including chickens and pigs. City Council members said they were collecting public input and would not make decisions at the session.
The discussion centered on neighborhood impacts, enforcement and legal limits. Pam Moser, a resident, told the meeting that Ocean Shores’ shoreline rules restrict agriculture and that the city’s shoreline master program "specifically says in 5.02 0.01, it prohibits the following uses within the city's shoreline jurisdiction, agriculture and forest practices," and that any change would require state-level updates. Multiple residents also raised concerns about odor, noise, rodents, predators such as coyotes and bears, shallow…
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