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Topeka committee weighs options for rooster restrictions after neighborhood noise complaints
Summary
City attorney briefed the committee on current code allowing roosters subject to distance and nuisance rules; residents urged a ban or acreage limits and staff agreed to draft ordinance options for the committee to consider.
The Policy and Finance Committee on July 8 heard a briefing from the city attorney on the city’s current rules for backyard poultry and discussed options ranging from a limited acreage allowance to an outright ban on roosters following neighbor complaints about noise and free‑roaming birds.
City Attorney Amanda told the committee that roosters are currently permitted inside Topeka city limits but that the municipal code includes provisions that can apply to poultry: it is unlawful to keep domestic poultry within 50 feet of a dwelling other than the owner’s, and it is unlawful to keep animals that “cause frequent or long continued noise that disrupts the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.” Amanda summarized…
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