Prairie Village Homes Association deed restrictions could scuttle ordinance to allow backyard chickens

The Prairie Village Planning Commission moved this week toward allowing residents to keep backyard hens, though a homes association’s deed restrictions prohibiting chickens would override a city ordinance. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to amend the city’s zoning ordinance that had prohibited homeowners from keeping poultry on their residential properties. … to allow residents to keep backyard hens. The council could implement the new ordinance but only if the planning commission amends the zoning ordinance.