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Residents press Harrisburg to ease UDO rules after pet chickens removed
Summary
Several Harrisburg residents asked the council to update the Unified Development Ordinance to allow backyard chickens on smaller lots, arguing permits are unnecessary and pointing to nearby towns with more permissive rules; family members requested a council vote to direct staff to draft a change as early as August.
Multiple residents urged the Town of Harrisburg council on July 16 to consider an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that would allow residents on smaller lots to keep backyard chickens.
Kaylin (Caitlin) Hodges described the recent removal of four family pet chickens and urged a UDO change so small‑lot residents could keep hens. Family members — Derek Hodges, Tina Hodges and others — asked the council to…
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