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Hartland trustees debate whether to cap backyard chickens or keep case-by-case approvals
Summary
Trustees discussed proposed guidelines for residential chickens and expressed divergent views: some favor codified numeric limits, while others prefer the current case-by-case permitting and planning-commission review. No ordinance was proposed and no vote taken.
Trustees considered whether to adopt formal guidelines limiting the number of chickens on residential lots or to continue the current practice of handling requests through restricted-species permits and planning-commission review.
A trustee summarized ordinances in nearby municipalities — examples included per-lot caps tied to minimum lot size, limits per acre,…
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