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Commission refers ordinance to Planning Commission to allow backyard chickens on single-family lots
Summary
The commission voted to send a proposed ordinance (No. 6723) to the Planning Commission that would amend zoning code section 7-29 to allow residents in Atchison city limits to keep chickens on any lot containing one continuously occupied single-family dwelling; the vote referred the draft for public hearing and staff review.
The Atchison City Commission on Sept. 2 voted to refer a proposed ordinance amendment (No. 6723) to the Planning Commission that would change zoning code language to permit residents to keep chickens on any city lot or parcel that contains one continuously occupied single-family dwelling.
City Manager Mark Westhoff explained the proposed change would modify an existing provision that limited chickens to lots zoned R-1. The draft language would instead make the use-based determination…
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