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Bac kyard Chic kens Survey 12 / 81 res ourc es and c os ts. 55 inc reas ed humane soc iety c os ts 10/18/2020 7:03 PM 56 No reason 10/18/2020 6:05 PM 57 Mos t ordinanc es do not require v et care or vaccinations . Contact with backyard poultry has led to hundreds of mulistat e s almonella outbreak s eac h y ear. Mos t backyard owners will not k now enough to ident ify poultry diseases . This c an jeopardiz e commerc ial operations and c ause economic losses and strain our commerc ial supply during a pandemic espec ially 10/18/2020 4:27 PM 58 Uns ightly!10/18/2020 4:21 PM 59 Think they should be allowed.10/18/2020 3:56 PM 60 Lack of educ ation/k nowledge about c are on the owners' part and risk that birds can jump fenc es to cause property damage to gardens if uncontrolled/improperly c ared for 10/18/2020 2:45 PM 61 I absolutely would not want someone's c hickens (yet alone their dog) wandering onto my property and would tak e permissible f orc eful ac tion if it happened. 10/18/2020 1:19 PM 62 I don’t have any objections to hav ing lay ing hens in t he neighborhood.10/18/2020 12:25 PM 63 None 10/18/2020 11:14 AM 64 In Arden Hills, ev en c urrent codes are not being followed. Front yard v egetable gardens are surrounded by 6 foot f ences, garbage c ans and recyc ling bins are in plain view, ov erflow from garages are piled in yards, y ard was te is burned, "recreat ional" fires are abandoned without oversight. Until Arden Hills c odes are enforced, c hicken coops will become y et another problem of non-compliance. 10/18/2020 10:05 AM 65 n/a 10/18/2020 7:43 AM 66 I don't see any of t hese as good reas ons 10/17/2020 9:09 PM 67 Believ e it or not, two weeks ago, a chic k en ran direc tly in front of my forward bicycle wheel, while I was riding on a quiet res idential s treet. It bolted from a nearby hedge without any warning. The bird continued running frant ically, about four inches ahead of my front wheel before veering off. I came extremely c lose to falling on t he pavement while moving at a fairly good speed. At 71 yrs of age, I'm grateful I s urvived. 10/17/2020 8:57 PM 68 There is no reas on to not allow c hickens . None of the reasons above apply to hens.10/17/2020 4:14 PM 69 Only c oncerned with roosters not hens 10/17/2020 10:54 AM 70 smell. Thes e are farm animals and should be restrict ed to farms.10/17/2020 10:53 AM 71 Degrades my c oncept of a neat and orderly neighborhood 10/17/2020 10:24 AM 72 I would have said "No" to residents hav ing chic kens within our city limit s, but the survey said "Under c ertain guidelines ," and my hope that those guidelines would be clear (thus av oiding my above mentioned conc erns) and, most importantly, both observed in good faith by Arden Hills res idents and enforced by Arden Hills, caus ed me to say ok. 10/17/2020 9:42 AM 73 Pos s ible visual mess. Too muc h city t ime, ex pense to monitor.10/17/2020 9:16 AM 74 None apply 10/16/2020 10:44 PM 75 I do not s ee a reason why people c an’t have a c hicken or a duc k Arden Hills.10/16/2020 9:28 PM 76 Surrounding cities allow hens in people's bac k y ards , so if it's not caus ing problems in, Shoreview, for ex ample, it likely won't c ause problems in Arden Hills . 10/16/2020 7:00 PM 77 Chicken was te really s tink s .10/16/2020 6:51 PM 78 I do think they s hould be allowed.10/16/2020 6:38 PM 79 None 10/16/2020 6:34 PM 80 None 10/16/2020 5:59 PM 81 People will t ake advantage of t he limits and restric tions and there will be no accountability. For example, campers are not t o be k ept in f ront of hous es in Arden Hills (other than a few day s 10/16/2020 2:57 PM