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Email from K & G Attorney Joe Sathe regarding codes related to chicken keeping <br />Good afternoon: <br />Attached, please find a draft ordinance changing the number of chickens allowed in Mounds View from <br />8 to 12. 1 have also attached examples of other ordinances from suburban cities and provided a very <br />brief description of some of the different provisions below. <br />• New Hope: Sec. 7-6 (4). Includes additional and more specific coop requirements than the <br />current Mounds View Code. <br />• Plymouth: Section 21170.01. Includes similar regulations to Mounds View, except there is a <br />specific size requirement (both height and square footage). See Subd. 4. <br />• Coon Rapids: Chapter 6-700. Includes additional keeping and disposal requirements as well as <br />additional specifications for the Coops and Runs. <br />• Falcon Heights: Article IV. Includes some additional regulations, including leg bandings to <br />identify owners, and additional specific coop requirements. <br />• Hastings: Section 91.02. Allows four chickens as a baseline, but for properties that are more <br />than 1 acre, there may be 4 chickens per acre. Includes additional coop requirements, including <br />a minimum of 4 sq feet per chicken. <br />The provisions in these sample ordinances that are not in the Mounds View Ordinance that I believe <br />make the most sense are the additional specifications for the coops, size requirements, increasing the <br />number of chickens allowed based on lot size, and if there is an issue with chickens escaping then <br />requiring leg banding. <br />If the City would like to see any of these changes made to the city code, please let me know. The <br />attached can be used as a starting point for further discussions. <br />Finally, Section 2 of the ordinance makes a typographical correction changing the term "reguired" to <br />"required". <br />Please let me know if you need anything else from me. <br />Best, <br />Joe <br />