Prairie Village inches forward in discussion to allow backyard hens, but homeowners associations would have final say

The Prairie Village City Council on Monday night voted 8 to 4 to amend the city’s animal ordinance to allow residents to keep backyard hens — an incremental step in a process that would also have to include amending the city’s zoning code. The council can’t implement the ordinance until after the city’s planning commission meets Aug. 4 and considers a zoning amendment to allow for chickens. Monday’s ordinance included the following restrictions: – Limits the number of chicks on any one lot to eight, regardless of the number of dwellings on a lot, – Limits to six the number of chickens ages 16 weeks or older on any one lot …