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Spencer board narrowly approves one-year backyard-chicken pilot after heated public comment
Summary
After public comments both for and against, the Spencer Board of Aldermen voted to allow a one-year pilot permitting up to 12 backyard chicken permits (first-come, first-served) with conditions including revocation for noncompliance and neighbor-notice requirements.
The Spencer Board of Aldermen on July 9 approved a one-year pilot program that will allow a limited number of households to keep backyard chickens inside the town limits.
Supporters and opponents filled public comment before the vote. “I’m very much in favor of the pilot program that I’ve been hearing about,” said Nan Bloom, a resident who said she previously followed Charlotte rules for urban chickens and missed keeping hens after moving to Spencer. Opponents voiced public-health and nuisance concerns. “Chickens can carry…
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