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Tualatin council directs staff to pursue a narrow code amendment to allow 'domestic fowl'
Summary
After a resident complaint about ducks, councilors directed staff to initiate a planned text amendment to amend Tualatin's development code to permit domestic fowl in low‑density residential zones; staff said the change requires formal legislative review and public notice.
Council members spent much of the Aug. 11 work session discussing whether to expand the city’s chicken‑keeping rules to include other backyard fowl, prompted by a resident’s complaint about ducks.
City attorney and planning staff explained the legal history: a 2013 plan‑text amendment adopted narrowly written chicken‑keeping rules after extended public debate. “From what I can see from the legislative history…there was only one type of domesticated fowl allowed: chickens,”…
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