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<br />Page 4 of 6 <br /> <br />and pen cleaning and the Urban Chickens resource references both daily and yearly cleaning <br />habits. The City Council generally expressed interest in removing any reference to daily cleaning <br />and incorporating best practices to maintain a clean environment to control odors and deter rodents. <br />The Planning Commission may consider discussion on additional language to establish a required <br />cleaning routine within this section of the ordinance. <br /> <br />f. Establish a pathway for a homeowner to repurpose a coop into a storage structure <br /> <br />As drafted, Subd. 6 A. 7 would allow for a homeowner to repurpose a coop on their property if <br />they decide to cease keeping chickens and the coop is compliant with the accessory structure <br />requirements. Residential properties are permitted up to two accessory structures but as noted in 6 <br />B. 2.b, a residential property with a detached garage and an accessory structure will be allowed a <br />third accessory structure for keeping chickens. If a chicken license holder decides not to renew <br />their license, and was allowed a coop as a third accessory structure, they would need to remove <br />the structure. However, if the coop was allowed as a second accessory, and is in conformance with <br />the accessory structure requirements, the coop could be repurposed by the homeowner. This <br />language is incorporated to allow for conforming structures to be retained if the homeowner <br />wanted to go down that path. <br /> <br />Section 410.01, Subd. 3, Chickens License <br /> <br />As part of the City Council’s review of the keeping of chickens ordinance, amendment language <br />was also suggested for the City Code section for chicken licenses. <br /> <br />2) Revisions to the Chickens License requirements <br />a. Modify license fee to be one set fee rather than a fee for each chicken <br /> <br />In Subd. 3 C, the Council has suggested an edit to the chickens license fee, changing the fee from <br />a fee per chicken to one fee per license. The fee is established in the City’s fee schedule, which is <br />reviewed and adopted on an annual basis. <br /> <br />b. Remove the leg banding requirement for all chickens <br /> <br />The drafted language in Subd. 3 E removes provision number 1 and the requirement for leg <br />banding of all chickens. Neither the Extension resource nor the Urban Chickens resource reference <br />leg banding so this revision would be in accordance with the best practices. <br /> <br />c. Update reference to resources reviewed <br /> <br />Provision number 2 under Subd. 3 E revises the referenced material from the “Recommendations <br />for Municipal Regulations for Urban Chickens” to “The Arden Hills Keeping of Chickens <br />Informational Handout.” The newly referenced handout will be drafted by staff following the <br />adoption of the ordinance amendment and will reflect the updated ordinance and reference the <br />University of Minnesota Extension resources for keeping chickens in addition to the <br />Recommendations for Municipal Regulations for Urban Chickens. The intent with this update to <br />E.2 is to incorporate additional best practices for the keeping of chickens.