The Prairie Village City Council voted 11-1 Monday night to approve a zoning amendment allowing residents to keep backyard hens — though a homes association’s deed restrictions prohibiting chickens would override a city ordinance. Ward 1 Councilmember Chad Herring said at Monday’s meeting that he would have preferred an approach to license residents wanting to keep chickens and that the council might consider doing that if problems arise. He suggested posting information on the city’s website about safely handling backyard chickens and including links to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online publications “Healthy Pets, Healthy People” and “Healthy Families and Flocks”. Deputy City Administrator Jamie Robichaud said city staff would post information on the city’s site describing in plain language what the new ordinance allows and prohibits, and that an article about the new ordinance would be included in an upcoming edition of The Prairie Village Voice.
Source: Prairie Village Post
