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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JUNE 30, 2025 6 Councilmember Holden questioned how the City defined adjacent neighbors. City Administrator Jagoe explained this would be the properties abutting the perimeter of a subject property. Councilmember Monson supported the language being cleaned up further when it comes to the required setbacks. City Administrator Jagoe stated she could look into this further. Councilmember Monson explained she received strong support from residents that the City should require chicken coops to be closer to the principal structure than a neighbors' home. She indicated she supported this recommendation as well. She commented she did not support requiring a resident to receive a neighbor's approval in order to do something in their own yard. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she would like to change the structure of this portion of Code to have chickens separate from other farm animals. She explained she liked the fact the exercise yard was being eliminated and she was willing to support having coop closer to a certain portion of the yard than another. Mayor Grant stated if the exercise yard was being eliminated, then the run needs to be slightly bigger. Councilmember Weber suggested the run be 60 square feet in size as a minimum. Mayor Grant supported the run being larger than 60 square feet. Councilmember Monson stated she has never seen a coop and run that large. She feared that these requirements would be cost prohibitive. Councilmember Weber reported eight to ten square feet in the run was the minimum care requirement from the University of Minnesota Care Extension. He did not believe this requirement would be cost prohibitive. Councilmember Monson suggested the requirement be brought down to eight square feet per bird instead of ten. Councilmember Weber supported requiring ten square feet per bird for the run space. Mayor Grant requested the Council now shift their comments to fencing and screening. Councilmember Weber stated he supported the run being fenced entirely. Councilmember Monson agreed the run has to be fenced, but the City should not require any visible screening. She recommended Number 4 be struck entirely. Councilmember Rousseau indicated she would like to see the same fencing used for dog kennels to be used for chickens.