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Page 2 of 3 Review of Neighboring Cities’ Ordinances Below is a brief summary of adjacent community’s regulations on keeping of chickens on residential properties. Mounds View Residents on properties zoned R-1, Single Family Residential, may be permitted to keep and raise up to eight (8) chickens and/or ducks under the certain conditions and restrictions. Residents seeking approval to keep and raise chickens or ducks shall submit an application, application fee, site plan and coop specifications incorporating generally held best practices. Initial applications shall be considered by the City Council after holding a public hearing on the matter. Renewals may be approved administratively unless the City has received substantiated complaints or related violations have been noted during the previous year. Coop structures shall be set back at least twenty (20) feet from property lines and the subject home; coops shall only be located in rear yards. New coops shall require a permit and shall be considered an accessory building subject to all other conditions referenced in the Zoning Code. Coops and the subject property shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner and may be subject to City inspection as may be deemed necessary. Backyard areas within which chicken or ducks are allowed to roam shall be fenced to confine said birds to subject property. Neither roosters nor drakes shall be permitted. No slaughtering or beheading shall be permitted on the subject premises. Food shall be stored in watertight, rodent- proof container. Permits are valid for one year and shall be renewed annually. Permits may be revoked or denied by the City Council based on cruelty, negligence or nuisance. In such event, the property owner shall be provided with an opportunity to be heard. New Brighton The keeping of fowl shall not exceed a total of six (6) per property on all property throughout the City. Any property owner who keeps fowl shall notify the City’s Code Compliance Inspector, or designee, of all flock locations within the City. No outdoor butchering of fowl is permitted. Under no circumstances shall coop size be less than three (3) square feet per fowl kept. All coops shall be clean and sanitary made of sound construction and craftsmanship be maintained so they remain structurally sound, protect the fowl from the weather, be located in the rear/back yard and meet the most restrictive building setbacks required under the Zoning Code. Roseville Roseville allows homeowners to raise chickens and bees. Chicken coops are required and are considered sheds so must meet code standards. Shoreview Chickens may be kept within the city limits on residential properties located in the RE, residential estate zoning district and the R1, detached residential district, subject to certain conditions. On residential properties two (2) acres or less, maximum number of chickens allowed is four (4) hen chickens, or pullets, but no roosters. A conditional use permit may be required for more than four hen chickens or pullets, roosters may be permitted.