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Council advances first reading on major animal-control rewrite; chickens not allowed in city limits
Summary
The council held a first reading of Ordinance 57‑49 to replace chapters on animal control and licensure after a multi‑year committee review. Staff and committee members emphasized new definitions, licensing changes and treatment of feral cats; the draft retains a prohibition on backyard chickens. Council asked for a red-lined version and held first reading 6-0.
The Fremont City Council on July 14 took the first reading of Ordinance 57‑49 to amend and replace chapters of the municipal code relating to animal control and licensure. Officer Steemer, community service officer and supervisor, presented a package reflecting roughly six years of committee work and legal review.
Committee members and staff described several substantive updates: revised definitions, changes to licensing fees, explicit treatment of feral animals and dangerous‑animal appeal procedures. Councilman Gatto—who chaired the committee work in the presentation—said the draft keeps a prohibition on backyard chickens: "So we're gonna keep it that we're not gonna have chickens in the backyard or raising chickens in the city limits." Council members requested a red-lined version of the ordinance so they can see line-by-line changes; the council carried a motion to hold first reading contingent on receiving the redline, 6-0.
