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Elmwood trustees table animal-licensing and fee ordinances, plan changes for backyard chickens
Summary
The board reviewed Ordinance 2025-3 (animal licensing) and Ordinance 2025-4 (fee updates), agreed to remove licensing requirements for backyard chickens and raise the allowable number to six, and tabled both ordinances for revision and final approval at the next meeting.
At the Oct. 1 meeting, the Village Board of Trustees of Elmwood reviewed two pending ordinances and deferred final votes to allow for revisions. Trustees examined Ordinance 2025-3, which governs animal licensing, and agreed to remove licensing requirements for chickens while increasing the allowable number of chickens to six. The board tabled the ordinance so the changes can be drafted and brought back for approval at the next meeting.
The board also reviewed Ordinance 2025-4, a separate package of fee updates. Trustees discussed which fees to update or remove and directed staff to make the agreed edits; the ordinance was similarly tabled pending revision. The minutes record the board’s direction to prepare amended ordinance language but do not list the specific fee line items to be changed.
No formal votes to adopt either ordinance were recorded; both items were specifically described in the minutes as tabled for the next meeting. The minutes do not record public comment on these ordinances at this meeting.
