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Coppell council declines to ask staff to draft ordinance to allow chickens, citing state preemption risks
Summary
Council debated whether to remove poultry from the list of prohibited animals but members and legal staff warned a 2023 state agriculture preemption could limit local regulation after one year; the council indicated a majority did not want staff to draft an ordinance.
City staff and legal advisers briefed Coppell City Council on Jan. 13 about a change in state law that defines some small-scale backyard poultry as an "agricultural operation" and can limit a city’s ability to regulate such operations after they have been in place for one year. A presenter summarized the state language and the potential for preemption.
The presenter explained that the state statute describes agricultural operations as raising or keeping livestock or poultry and includes…
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