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Residents press council to restore 75‑foot separation for chicken coops; planning commission set to review
Summary
Several residents urged North Ogden City to restore a 75‑foot separation requirement between chicken coops and neighboring dwellings; staff said the planning commission will review the land‑use ordinance and provide a recommendation to council.
Multiple residents told the North Ogden City Council on April 8 that recent changes to the city’s animal and accessory‑building provisions have created confusion and potential enforcement inconsistency for chicken coops.
Paul Magnuson, who identified himself as a North Ogden resident, asked the council to retain a 75‑foot separation from neighboring dwellings that had been in the 2018 code. Magnuson said older language required a coop be 75 feet from a neighboring dwelling and 20 feet from a property line; more recent language treats coops as accessory buildings with setbacks as…
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