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standards: <br /> <br />1) Location: rear or side yard adjacent to the coop. <br /> <br />2) Size: 25 square feet per chicken if run only or 10 square feet per <br />chicken to access fenced exercise yard. <br /> <br />3) Height: Six (6) feet in height to allow access for cleaning and <br />maintenance. <br /> <br />4) Gate: One gate to allow human access to the run. <br /> <br />5) Cover: Adequate to keep hens in and predators out. <br /> <br />6) Substrate: Composed of material that can be easily raked or <br />regularly replace to reduce odor and flies. <br /> <br />• Exercise yards must be fenced. Exercise yards must provide a minimum <br />of one-hundred seventy-four (174) square feet up to 25 square feet per <br />chicken. <br /> <br />(8) Chickens must not be housed in a residential house or an attached or detached <br />garage. <br /> <br />(9) All premises on which hens are kept or maintained shall be kept clean from filth, <br />garbage, and any substances which attract rodents. The coop and its <br />surrounding must be cleaned frequently enough to control odor. Manure shall not <br />be allowed to accumulate in a way that causes an unsanitary condition or causes <br />odors detectible on another property. Failure to comply with these conditions <br />may result in the officer removing chickens from the premises or revoking a <br />chicken permit. <br /> <br />(10) All grain and food stored for the use of the hens on a premise with a chicken <br />permit shall be kept in a rodent proof container. <br /> <br />(11) Hens shall not be kept in such a manner as to constitute a nuisance to the <br />occupants of adjacent property. <br /> <br />(12) Adequate records should be kept on file noting the primary care veterinarian for <br />every chicken. A "new chicken" exam is required for every new flock addition and <br />then regular veterinary exams as recommended by the veterinarian. Additionally, <br />quarantine of new birds for a minimum of 7 days (or longer) will occur before <br />introducing the new chicken to the flock. <br /> <br />(13) Dead chickens must be disposed of according to the Minnesota Board of Animal <br />Health rules which require chicken carcasses to be disposed of as soon as <br />possible after death, usually within forty-eight (48) to seventy-two (72) hours. <br />Legal forms of chicken carcass disposal include burial, off-site incineration or <br />rendering, or composting. <br /> <br />Comment [JJ15]: In review of Maplewood and <br />White Bear Lake ordinances, staff recommends <br />modifying to the underlined changes for the Run <br />from 25 to 10. <br />Comment [RS16]: This is a bullet under runs? <br />Comment [JJ17]: Maplewood requires 6’. <br />White Bear Lake requires 4’, but their staff <br />encouraged Little Canada to go with 6’. She <br />indicated they’ve received complaints from <br />residents on their ability to clean with the 4’ limit. <br />Comment [RS18]: Runs shouldn’t have to be 6” <br />high…yards maybe, but I have had many <br />runs/exercise yards that had to be 4” high for city <br />codes and they are completely accessible and plenty <br />of room for chickens, so I would hesitate to limit this <br />bc it would result in a smaller yard/run. Again, see <br />the other document. <br />Comment [JJ19]: Staff has modified this section <br />to a standard that by run then combined with <br />exercise area that 25 sq feet of area is provided for <br />per chicken. Staff can modify differently based on <br />Council recommendation. <br />Comment [RS20]: 174 sq ft per bird? That is <br />excessive and unattainable even for me. <br />Recommend reducing this to the 25 sq feet per bird <br />and making the run smaller. <br />Comment [JJ21]: This provision is consistent <br />amongst ordinances we’ve reviewed. To allow for <br />chickens in a garage would take away from the <br />intent of the garage to be used for parking or <br />storage. If garages are converted to coops, staff <br />believes outdoor storage could become an <br />enforcement concern. Additionally, staff believes <br />there could be sanitation concerns with chickens <br />inside the home. <br />Comment [RS22]: I disagree with this for many <br />reasons. While I don’t’ have house chickens, some <br />people do treat them like household pets and they <br />can be maintained in a very sanitary manner. More <br />importantly, when a chicken gets sick, especially in <br />the winter, it needs to come inside for extra care <br />and monitoring. To make it illegal would be to <br />decrease the standard of care and really cause much <br />neglect Also, I don’t understand why a garage <br />can’t be a coop? parts of garages make great coops <br />and also perfect quarantine areas. I recommend <br />remove #8 entirely. <br />12