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Mounds View City Council June 8, 2015 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mayor Flaherty asked if this was a requirement of other cities. City Administrator Ericson 2 <br />reported this was a requirement for other communities. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Council Member Mueller supported the removal of the bird banding requirement. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Council Member Gunn agreed with this recommendation. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Mayor Flaherty was in favor of the City moving slowly on this matter and wanted to see residents 9 <br />only have six (6) poultry or fowl on their property. He did not believe the bird banding was 10 <br />necessary. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Council Member Meehlhause agreed and supported residents having six (6) chickens. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Council Member Gunn and Council Member Mueller supported residents having eight (8) 15 <br />chickens. 16 <br /> 17 <br />Council Member Hull questioned if the City would allow current poultry owners to be 18 <br />grandfathered in. City Administrator Ericson stated this could be allowed by the Council, 19 <br />however staff recommended the City move away from grandfathering. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Hull was in favor of residents having only six (6) chickens. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Council Member Meehlhause recommended that the Council stick with a number and not waiver 24 <br />back and forth over the coming years. He amended his previous comment and noted that he 25 <br />could support residents having eight (8) chickens. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Flaherty stated he could live with eight (8) birds with no bird banding requirements. 28 <br /> 29 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the First Reading and Introduce Ordinance 903, 30 <br />an Ordinance Amending Chapter 701 to Add Provisions for the Keeping and Raising of Chickens 31 <br />and Ducks in Certain Residential Districts as amended. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Council Member Mueller believed that the keeping of chickens will be a great thing for Mounds 34 <br />View neighborhoods. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Council Member Meehlhause did not want chickens and fowl to become a divisive issue as has 37 <br />been the case in a neighboring community. He appreciated the Council coming together on this 38 <br />issue and supported the requirements written into the Ordinance. 39 <br /> 40 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 41 <br /> 42 <br />8. CONSENT AGENDA 43 <br />A. Resolution 8426, a Resolution Approving the Mounds View Business 44 <br />Licenses for the Period of July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. 45