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Resident urges council to allow backyard chickens; council refers proposal for further study
Summary
A Wahoo resident, Diane, spoke in favor of amending city regulations to allow backyard chickens, saying she organized supporters and cited economic and food-security benefits; councilors agreed to refer the matter to the general committee for more study and possible ordinance drafting.
Resident Diane told the council she organized supporters to attend and urged the city to amend regulations to permit backyard chickens. "I brought people... We are doing the leg work. We are doing the research," she said, arguing the change would bring economic and food benefits and citing national examples. She also claimed, as part of her argument, that allowing chickens had "been proven within The United States to grow a community financially by 25%," a figure she did not document during her remarks.
Council members discussed next steps and several said they want more information and public input; one councilor said staff and the general committee will revisit the issue and examine whether local ordinances should be amended. The council did not change regulations at the meeting; instead members agreed to schedule additional discussion and possibly a general committee meeting.
