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Council asks staff to review chicken ordinance after request for institutional flock
Summary
A resident asked to keep an 18‑chicken educational flock; the planning consultant said current city code provides no mechanism to allow that institutional use and recommended the council consider amending the chicken ordinance. The council agreed to research model ordinances and leave the existing birds at the residence temporarily.
A resident requested permission for an institutional or educational flock of chickens tied to a school program. The planning consultant told the council the city's current animal/zoning code does not provide a mechanism—such as a conditional use permit or interim-use process—to authorize a nonresidential flock of that scale.
"Brad also stated that a variance or a CUP from the ordinance wouldn't be appropriate, and the city doesn't have the mechanism to do a…
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