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Resident urges council to allow backyard hens; councilmembers signal plan to introduce ordinance
Summary
At the Feb. 25 Green City Council meeting, resident Christina Gardner urged the council to amend the city’s regulations to allow backyard hens with rules; Councilmember Spate said he plans to introduce legislation and Councilmember Babbitt said she will cosponsor it.
Christina Gardner, a Green resident, urged the Green City Council on Feb. 25 to amend the city’s ordinance to allow residents to keep hens in backyard coops under a clear permitting and rule framework.
Gardner told the council she began a petition and “had hoped for 100 signatures” but has since been “overwhelmed with responses” from residents supporting an amendment. She urged the council to adopt a permit scheme with breed recommendations, enclosure requirements and limits on flock size so ownership is “far easier to…
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