Council hears competing views on hobby chickens; several members favor keeping current limits
Staff presented a proposed rewrite of the domestic fowl ordinance that would scale permitted birds by acreage and add setbacks, coop standards and a training requirement; several council members signaled they prefer to retain the existing small-lot hobby limits and to study targeted exceptions instead of a broad change.
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The council reviewed a proposed amendment to Chapter 4 that would expand the city’s domestic fowl rules beyond the current small-lot hobby approach. The draft ordinance recommended an acreage-based allowance (roughly eight birds per acre with a 30-bird cap), coop and run-size minimums (4 sq. ft. indoors per bird; about 20 sq. ft. outdoors per bird), setbacks, nuisance provisions, a biosecurity training requirement and a permit process.
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