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Marysville council adopts ordinance allowing backyard chickens, adds fees policy
Summary
The Marysville City Council voted 5-3 to adopt Ordinance 19-42 to permit chickens, ducks and quail under new limits; the council also approved a fee schedule for permits and emphasized education and coop standards.
The Marysville City Council voted 5-3 to adopt Ordinance 19-42, a rewrite of the city's livestock and backyard-bird rules that allows chickens, ducks and quail under new size and housing limits.
The measure, which followed committee review and public comment earlier on the ordinance draft, revises the rules for larger animals (horses, sheep and cattle) to two animals per acre and adds specific standards for structures used to house backyard birds. The council also approved Policy A-105, which establishes an initial, higher permit fee and lower…
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