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Resident urges county to allow backyard chickens; commissioners volunteer to draft ordinance
Summary
A Yankton County resident asked the commission to consider permitting small numbers of backyard chickens; commissioners agreed to draft a proposed ordinance and add the item to a future agenda.
Wayne Hodge, a county resident, asked the Yankton County Commission during public comment to consider allowing small backyard flocks in rural areas. Hodge said residents want “a few chickens in the backyard” and clarified they would limit the number to about 10 hens and would not keep roosters.
Commissioners responded by asking county staff to draft language for a chicken ordinance and placing the item on a future agenda. One commissioner volunteered to work with county staff (Gary) to write a proposal for the board to consider. The commission asked county staff to coordinate and indicated the item will return to a future meeting for formal consideration.
The public comment was brief; commissioners emphasized that any ordinance would be limited in scope and intended to permit small, noncommercial flocks in appropriate settings. No regulatory text or vote occurred; the action was a direction to staff to draft a proposal and place it on an upcoming agenda.
