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AGENDA ITEM - 3D <br />,!Tt <br />-ADEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: April 28, 2025 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, City Administrator <br />SUBJECT: Keeping of Chickens and Ducks Discussion <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />Council Should Consider <br />Council should review Ordinance 2021-008 and provide direction to Staff on the keeping of <br />chickens and/or ducks. <br />Background <br />At the April 141h work session, the City Council requested that the ordinance for the keeping of <br />chickens as well as the topic of ducks be brought to the next work session for discussion. <br />Between 2020 — 2021, the City Council discussed the keeping of chickens in Arden Hills. In <br />preparing the draft ordinance language, the City conducted a survey in November 2020 and <br />referred to the document that is used by a number of adjacent communities titled <br />"Recommendations for Municipal Regulation of Urban Chickens" (Attachment B). This <br />document guided the language for development of ordinance standards and best practices for <br />licensing requirements. On September 27, 2021, the City adopted Ordinance 2021-008 <br />(Attachment A) for the Keeping of Chickens. <br />In August 2023, Council direction was given to add to the agenda planning list for future <br />discussion the potential keep of ducks. <br />Budget Impact <br />N/A <br />Attachment <br />Attachment A: Ordinance 2021-008 <br />Attachment B: Municipal Regulation of Urban Chickens <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />