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Resident urges council to adopt backyard-chicken ordinance, questions council responsiveness
Summary
During public comment, resident Beatatric Supa urged the council to adopt a backyard-chicken ordinance, said the council’s prior vote counted 3–4 in favor, and reported a code-enforcement letter wrongly accusing an advocate of owning birds.
Beatatric Supa addressed the Boone City Council during public comment, urging elected officials to advance a backyard-chicken ordinance and criticizing what she described as a lack of responsiveness from at-large council members. Supa said the mayor had reported a council vote tally she interpreted as 3–4 in favor of chickens but noted two no votes were from at-large members and argued that the council must do a better job representing citywide preferences.
Supa said she and other advocates have filed a public-records request to audit communications the council has received and to compare notes with residents who say they received no response from council members. She also reported that an official code-enforcement letter was recently sent to an advocate claiming she owned chickens when, Supa said, she does not, calling the letter “baseless.”
Framing the issue as one of sustainability and property rights, Supa asked the council to list specific concerns about backyard hens on the record, to be open to collaborative ordinance language and to move the topic forward. “Why are you refusing to represent us?” she asked the council, urging clear public explanation of specific objections rather than blanket refusals.
Council leaders acknowledged the comment and said they would discuss whether to place the item back on a future agenda.
