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Resident asks commission to consider allowing backyard chickens; commission asks for materials
Summary
Troy resident Annie Shoemaker requested that City Council be asked to permit residents to keep backyard chickens, citing pest control, food education, and examples from other municipalities. The Planning Commission asked Shoemaker to submit documentation for staff review and did not act on the request.
Annie Shoemaker, a Troy resident, asked the Planning Commission March 26 to recommend that City Council permit residents to keep backyard chickens within the city.
Shoemaker told commissioners she has worked in veterinary clinics since she was 16 and participated in 4-H as a child. "Chickens are great bug eaters," she said. "They consume a variety of insects such as beetles and grubs. They eat termites, ticks, slugs, snails, maggots and mosquitoes." She…
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