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Resident urges city to allow backyard ducks under same rules as chickens
Summary
A resident asked the Planning Commission to amend city code to allow a small number of backyard ducks under the same framework now used for backyard hens (section 6.08 0.03 cited). The commission did not take formal action; staff noted the comment for code review.
At the start of the meeting a resident, Sarah Erickson, asked the commission to consider a code change to permit keeping backyard ducks under regulations similar to those already permitted for backyard hens.
Erickson told commissioners the city treats ducks as livestock and currently requires one acre of land to keep them, while backyard chickens (hens) are permitted on detached single‑family lots with limits (up…
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