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Spring Hill discusses allowing more backyard hens based on lot size
Summary
In a work‑session discussion the board considered an amendment to the city’s chicken ordinance that would base the allowable number of hens on lot size (1,500 sq ft per hen); staff said it would use recorded lot sizes for permitting and recommended the change.
Board members and staff discussed a proposed amendment to Spring Hill’s chicken ordinance during a work‑session item June 2 that would base the allowable number of hens on property size, rather than a single flat limit.
Alderman Fuqua introduced the topic, saying the current code permits four hens per lot in most residential zones and that the proposed change would allow one hen per 1,500 square feet of lot area. “For most residents in the city of Spring Hill, it does not change. It's gonna be 4 chickens. However, those that have half acre lots, 3 quarter acre, are then allowable more chickens as the space…
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