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Coweta commissioners ask staff to draft ordinance to allow backyard chickens with limits
Summary
After constituent requests, staff outlined a draft zoning amendment to allow backyard chickens in some RC district lots (draft includes up to eight birds and a half‑acre minimum in the packet); commissioners directed staff to prepare a formal amendment for future action.
Coweta County commissioners asked staff to draft a zoning amendment that would allow backyard chickens on certain residential lots, narrowing the current ordinance standards that effectively restrict poultry to larger agricultural parcels.
Mister Fouts and community development staff told the board that current language in the Rural Conservation (RC) district treats poultry as a nonconforming agricultural use or accessory when located…
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