As the program approaches its ending date December 31, the city animal control department noted there have been no documented complaints on properties with chicken permits since the pilot began in March 2022. City councilmembers now will begin to consider whether to make the chicken rules permanent, as some members of the council’s Community Development Committee proposed at a meeting Wednesday. They also discussed reducing the quarter-acre minimum requirement or even dropping it altogether. Since the pilot program began, chicken ownership has proved popular for those smaller lots, said city planner Colin Victory. The city approved 31 of its 57 permit requests. Of those approved, 22 were for lots from a quarter to a half acre. All of the six denials were because the property didn’t meet the minimum size. Only four of the approved permits were south of Interstate 435.There have been some calls and letters requesting that the lot size requirements be reduced, and the animal control department officials said as small as a 0.2-acre minimum would be acceptable. Anything lower could cause problems with duplexes, officials said.
Source: KCUR News
