Resident asks commission to support changing city code to allow more chickens on larger lots
Oct 14, 2025
A resident requested that the commission back a change to city code to allow more than five chickens for residents on larger lots, saying it would advance home food production and climate goals.
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Adam Barker of 1250 Cliff Road told the Sustainable Eagan Advisory Commission on Oct. 14 that raising chickens is a sustainability practice his family relies on and that the current city code limiting residential chicken ownership to five birds constrains larger-lot households.
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