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Tualatin planning panel backs expanding backyard chicken rules to include domestic fowl with clarifications
Summary
The Tualatin Planning Commission voted to recommend PTA 26-0001 — expanding backyard chicken rules to cover domestic fowl — while asking staff to clarify combined limits (four birds), explicitly prohibit emu and ostrich, refine setback language and replace 'harvesting' with 'butchering and slaughtering.'
The Tualatin Planning Commission voted on Feb. 18 to recommend that the City Council adopt PTA 26-0001, a city-initiated amendment that would expand backyard chicken regulations in the RL (low-density residential) zone to cover a broader category of domestic fowl.
City planner Erin opened the staff report, telling commissioners the amendment is intended to provide minimum standards for keeping domestic fowl humanely in urban backyards while safeguarding public health and safety. Staff proposed defining "domestic fowl" to include chickens, ducks, pheasants, pigeons, quail, partridges and doves, and to carry that umbrella term through both the Tualatin Municipal Code and the Tualatin Development Code.
Homeowner Kevin Mulvaney, whose case prompted the change, told the…
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