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Brigham City expands where residents may keep backyard fowl, sets limits and exclusions
Summary
Council amended the city code to allow household fowl (chickens and select species) in the R-16 and central business single-family areas with numeric limits, permit changes and specific exclusions for certain large or aggressive birds.
Brigham City council voted Jan. 16 to amend city code to allow household fowl on some single-family properties in more zones and to update permit and lot-size rules.
The ordinance changes add the R-16 district and single-family properties in the central business district to the sections of code that permit keeping fowl, replace the word "chickens" with "fowl," increase base allowable counts for small lots and set higher maximums tied to lot square footage. The amendment also removes…
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