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Senate agriculture committee backs printing of RS 31,970 to set minimum rules for residential chicken ownership
Summary
The Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee voted to send RS 31,970 to print after a presentation from Sen. Tammy Nichols proposing statewide minimum standards to allow small-scale chicken ownership in residential areas while preserving local control.
Senator Tammy Nichols, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, presented RS 31,970 for a print hearing, saying the draft sets minimum standards to support urban agriculture and residential chicken ownership.
"Basically, this legislation supports urban agriculture in Idaho by setting just clear minimum standards for residential chicken ownership," Nichols said. She told the committee the draft allows property owners to keep up to "4 chickens for 2 tenths of an acre" and excludes multifamily housing and land already zoned for…
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