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City staff outlines options to restrict roosters, create chicken permits; committee asks for animal-control briefing
Summary
Staff presented draft language for a rooster ban, limits on female chickens and a local chicken-permit program. Animal-control enforcement would focus on education at the start; committee requested an animal-control presentation before drafting enforceable ordinance language.
City legal staff presented possible ordinance language on Aug. 21, 2025, that would restrict roosters and could limit the number of chickens citywide while creating a chicken-permit process. Brandy Roy Bachman, senior city attorney, said the draft includes options ranging from a rooster ban to a permit that would cover chicken ownership generally.
On enforcement, Roy Bachman said that when an ordinance is adopted staff…
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