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Council adopts Urban Chickens ordinance as second reading passes
Summary
On second reading the council amended Chapter 55 to add an Urban Chickens chapter regulating chickens within city limits; the ordinance passed on a roll-call vote with one dissenting vote recorded.
The council completed the second reading of an ordinance amending Chapter 55 of the city code to add a new Urban Chickens chapter, which establishes regulations and penalties for keeping chickens inside city limits. The ordinance was moved, seconded and approved on roll call; one council member recorded a 'No' vote during the call.
The chair quipped about the chapter during discussion: “I keep telling everybody when I go out in Burlington, I always get chicken jokes thrown at me.” The transcript records no substantive changes to the proposed ordinance during the second reading; the council moved to adopt the amendment and the roll-call vote carried.
