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Lee's Summit council asks staff to draft ordinance to allow eight backyard hens on half‑acre lots
Summary
After reviewing the city's 2013 chicken ordinance and state guidance, council members agreed to direct staff to draft a revision permitting up to eight hens on properties of 0.5 acre or larger; staff will return with a drafted ordinance for formal consideration.
Lee's Summit City Council instructed staff on Nov. 17 to draft a revised backyard‑poultry ordinance that would allow more hens on larger lots.
Deputy Chief Bunker and Animal Control Manager Rodney Wagner reviewed the existing ordinance (adopted 2013) and current practice: the city permits up to six hens (no roosters), requires setbacks, coop standards, limits on manure storage, and restricts slaughter to…
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