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Commission flags chicken ordinance change for lots smaller than 20,000 square feet
Summary
Commissioners said the city's current requirement that property be 20,000 square feet to keep chickens excludes many residential lots and asked staff to pursue changes addressing smaller lots.
Members of the Fruit Heights Planning Commission discussed revising the municipal chicken ordinance to allow residents on smaller lots to keep backyard chickens.
The meeting transcript records commissioners saying the city's current standard requires 20,000 square feet to have chickens, a threshold that excludes many lots that are a quarter acre or smaller. One commissioner observed that a number of lots in the city are smaller than the current requirement and said the commission should amend the code so those households could legally keep chickens if they meet other standards.
A commissioner characterized the change as a "logical move" and asked staff to pursue a code amendment through the usual public process. The discussion concluded with direction for staff to include the chicken-ordinance amendment as an upcoming item for review; no formal motion or vote on the change was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
