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Resident seeks exemption after $500 citation as council explains petition/ballot route for chicken ordinance
Summary
A Lincoln resident asked the council for written permission to keep a duck and two chickens after receiving a $500 citation; councilors explained the process for placing an ordinance change on a ballot and noted timing and signature thresholds determine when voters can decide.
A Lincoln resident, Brandy Lopen, told the City Council on Nov. 21 that she bought a duck and two chickens before a recent vote on an animal ordinance and later received a $500 citation. Lopen asked the council for written permission to keep her birds, which she described as emotional-support animals, and said she is circulating a petition that had about 115 signatures as of the meeting.
Why it matters: residents and councilors said the city’s ordinance (referred to in meeting discussion as ordinance 50205)…
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