Columbus City Council approves up to 4 backyard chickens
Posted October 06, 2016 7:00 am
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - The Columbus City Council has amended the city's animal ordinance to allow residents to keep up to four chickens in their backyards.
The Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2dPtD7R ) the ordinance was approved 6-1 Tuesday after months of work by a 10-member citizen committee that included five people who favored the ordinance and five who opposed it. The committee was tasked with determining the proper oversight and limits to backyard chicken-raising, including addressing health issues.
The council had initially voted to ban chickens in June.
The ordinance stipulates that a chicken coop and attached chicken run can't exceed 32 square feet.
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Information from: The Republic, http://www.therepublic.com/
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