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Comments I think the city has better things to spend money and time on. Start making the people in the city clean up their yards of old cars, junk, over grown grass etc. Keep the chickens and the coops out of city limits. There is more to keeping chickens than maintain a coop. Chickens can carry diseases and how knowledgeable are the people going to be on chickens. I think the city isopening a big can of worms. It seems like the amount of rules is quite in depth and the purpose of the ordinance is to discourage the housing of chickens in the city limits. It is not a friendly policy. The policy should include environmental considerations (fully contained coop and run); health of bird considerations (no more birds than recommended by the 10 sq. foot per bird); neighbor/noise considerations (25 feet from neighbor's home and no roosters or guineas). I would think that in today's society, inspections would only be necessary when the city received a complaint. And the way that people behave these days, they will complain if the birds are noisy, smelly, or loose. A $50 permit every two years is too steep for the casual chicken keeper who intends to keep the eggs for their own use. It seems like it would be more beneficial for someone who intends to use the chickens as a potential income source. I really don't think there is any need to have chickens in a residential area where lots are less than 2.5 acres. Houses are too close together and it will be too easy for the chickens to wander/escape into neighbor's yards. I have concerns about additional predators that may come into the area where children and other small pets (dogs/cats) are housed. The city needs to be ready to enforce that the chicken owners are FULLY responsible for whatever happens to their chickens. Very disappointed in the change in size of lot chickens will be allowed on. Thought this city was a progressive forward moving city. What's next cows and horses. Someone needs to read up on keeping chickens. They are not loud. But they do make noise. LESS then a dog though. NO ROOSTERS in town. Chickens need space to roam. I think any kind of makeshift fence extended around your yard is good. I have a moveable electric fence. I can move my chickens around my yard in it. Or I move the electric fence around my chicken coop. I lock my chickens in my garden for a few hours a day pregarden time. Chickens are good composters. They eat your food and poop it out. They dig for worms and bugs. They move dirt around. They can be put to work on a compost pile and move it for you. They poop in compost pile which adds nitrogen to break down the pile into compost. (just like cow manure). They dig up garden soil digging for worms and bugs. They WILL eat your garden goods but are great at helping prepare gardens. They will eat ticks and mosquitoes. Coops are allowed ten feet from property lines!? I live in the city, NOT the country!! And I will be paying tax dollars for the city to respond to chicken calls :( Yes, all residents should be allowed to have chickens, even renters not just homeowners. I don't think they should be allowed in residential areas. Should have 1+ acre Bigger things to worry about I feel that people should have the freedom to have chickens in residential areas provided that they are not a nuisance to the neighbors. In general, I do not agree that chickens should be kept in residential areas with small lot size. I would be so mad if my neighbor thought this was a good idea. MOVE TO THE COUNTRY!! Too much thinking about the issue. Many progressive cities allow chickens. People raise birds for a variety of reasons but mainly to feed the family, over stepping the boundaries and taxing and permitting and tagging is going to make it too expensive to do at which point we destroy people's interest in farming! Smell and noise are a big worry. Need to have a way for citizens to easily express concerns with the city and have them follow up on the concerns. No chickens in residential neighborhoods. How noisy they can be vocally. Less regulations are needed. No chickens in residential areas. Opposed for any lot less than 2.5 acres. No chickens in less than 1 acre. We moved to a neighborhood, not a farm. Page 14