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Committee reaches consensus to remove acreage restriction for backyard chickens
Summary
The Village of Windsor Plan Commission Ordinance Update Ad‑Hoc Committee agreed by consensus April 21 to remove the minimum‑land acreage requirement for keeping chickens in single‑family yards after a UW Extension presentation and public comments in favor of the change.
The Village of Windsor Plan Commission Ordinance Update Ad‑Hoc Committee recorded consensus April 21 to remove the minimum‑land acreage restriction for keeping chickens in single‑family residential yards.
Ron Kean of the UW Extension Livestock Team presented best practices for housing chickens, and several residents — Perry Keyser (6788 Valiant Drive), Jeff Booth (6584 Chestnut Circle) and Marilyn Wolfrum (4381 Greenway Drive) — spoke in favor of eliminating minimum‑acreage requirements. The committee’s record states there was a consensus to remove the acreage restriction; no formal ordinance was adopted at the meeting.
The change affects zoning language that governs whether single‑family homeowners must maintain a minimum lot size to keep backyard chickens. The transcript does not record a formal motion or vote adopting new ordinance language; the committee’s action was recorded as consensus. The minutes do not specify timings for drafting or adoption of replacement code language, so next steps and a timeline for a formal ordinance amendment were not specified at the meeting.
The committee is expected to return to ordinance language in a future meeting for any formal drafting or vote.
