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<br />Page 2 of 7 <br /> <br />3. Climate control: modify language to be less prescriptive <br />4. Cleanliness and enforcement/license revocation: review language for consistency with <br />other communities and modify to be less prescriptive <br />5. Roaming of chickens: review language to allow for chickens to move about a fenced area <br />within a backyard <br />6. Garages: consider updated language to allow for a chicken coop to be interior to a detached <br />garage <br />7. The neighbor consent policy: provide language to modify policy to neighbor notification <br /> <br />At the August 11 Special Work Session, the City Council discussed the keeping of ducks. The City <br />Council directed staff to bring forth the topic of the keeping of ducks to the Planning Commission <br />for discussion to occur along with the review of ordinance language for chickens. The Planning <br />Commission was asked to provide a recommendation to the City Council on whether the inclusion <br />of ducks should be considered in city ordinances. <br /> <br />Staff has revised the draft ordinance language to incorporate the City Council’s directed revisions <br />and the Planning Commission’s recommended revisions related to chickens. Based on the <br />Council’s direction for the Planning Commission to discuss whether ducks should be incorporated <br />in the ordinance language, staff has provided background information gathered from adjacent <br />communities and draft ordinance language to aid in the Planning Commission’s review of this <br />topic. <br /> <br />Overview of Ordinance Amendments <br /> <br />Staff has prepared a draft ordinance identifying language to be modified for the Planning <br />Commission’s review (Attachment A). The applicable Sections to be modified are as follows: <br /> <br />• Section 1325.07 Subd. 6.A, Location for Buildings Housing Farm Animals <br />• Section 410.01, Subd. 3, Chickens License <br /> <br />Section 1325.07 Subd. 6.A, Location for Buildings Housing Farm Animals <br /> <br />1) Modify language for the Keeping of Chickens <br /> <br />a. Modify coop size and location requirements for the keeping of chickens <br /> <br />The Planning Commission previously reviewed several updates to the structure requirements for <br />coops, pens, and exercise yards. Drafted amendments included increasing the minimum required <br />coop size from 12 square feet to 20 square feet, making an exercise yard optional, and keeping a <br />covered and fenced pen as a requirement. For location, the August draft included specific language <br />that the outer limit of the coop and pen shall in no instance be located less than 10 feet from the <br />property line, but the standard that the outer limit shall be closer to the principal dwelling upon the <br />license holder property than any other abutting property remained unchanged. <br /> <br />At the August meeting, the Planning Commission made recommendations about the minimum and <br />maximum coop size and the criteria for distance from principal dwellings on abutting properties.