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Council amends code to limit racing pigeons; setback reduced after debate
Summary
Following complaints from neighbors about large pigeon coops, council amended code to restrict racing/homing pigeons to parcels meeting conditions; council approved a 30‑foot setback and other rules (maximum 10 pigeons per parcel, membership requirement) by 4–1 vote.
After debate about nuisance conditions caused by large pigeon coops in some neighborhoods, the Galt City Council approved changes to Municipal Code chapter 6.04 to regulate racing and homing pigeons.
Code Enforcement Supervisor TJ Gedati said the city’s current livestock/bird rules exclude racing pigeons and that the new language would expressly allow racing/homing pigeons only under conditions:…
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