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Ordinance committee closes backyard hens public hearing but tables ordinance for rewrite and law-department review
Summary
After receiving planning-board support and several department heads’ objections, the committee closed the public hearing on allowing backyard hens citywide and ultimately voted to table the matter for revision and law-department drafting, saying department capacity and ordinance language need more work.
The Ordinance Committee closed a public hearing on a proposed zoning/ordinance change to allow backyard hens (backyard chickens) in residential areas and then decided to table the item to allow further drafting, departmental input, and outreach.
The Planning Department submitted a recommendation supporting a carefully regulated allowance for backyard hens with safeguards; its 2025 memo reiterated a similar recommendation made in 2020. The Planning Department said most conforming changes belong in the general code of ordinances rather than zoning text alone.
Several city officials and department heads had urged caution or opposed…
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