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Resident asks Dell Rapids council to revisit chicken-permit rule requiring neighbor approval
Summary
A Dell Rapids resident asked the City Council to consider amending the city's backyard poultry rules after she was cited for keeping hens without the neighbor signatures required by the ordinance; the mayor and council agreed to send the issue to the policies and procedures committee for review.
A Dell Rapids resident told the City Council she had kept backyard hens without obtaining the neighbor signatures required by the city’s ordinance and asked that the council reconsider the rule that gives neighbors effective veto power.
Alyssa Miller, who identified her address as 1209 North Garfield Avenue, said she and her children had raised chicks as pets and that the birds were contained, quiet and kept inside a fenced area. “We got overly excited and kind of did things backwards, and we didn't secure the permit,” Miller said. She asked the council to “look into changing or amending the…
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