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Planning Commission refers proposed amendment to allow quail, revise coop definitions to City Council
Summary
The commission voted to refer proposed changes to the city’s residential animal rules — adding quail, broadening coop definitions, and directing staff to research appropriate minimum lot sizes — to the Trenton City Council.
On May 27, 2025, the Trenton Planning Commission voted to refer to the Trenton City Council a proposed ordinance amendment that would add quail to the city’s residential-animal rules, change references to "chicken coop" so the definition applies more broadly, and prompt staff to research whether the existing minimum lot-size requirement should be adjusted.
The proposal would insert quail alongside chickens in the ordinance’s text and remove the word "chicken" from terms such as "chicken coop" and related definitions so the rules apply to…
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