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MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Mark Casey, City Manager From: Breanne Rothstein, AICP, City Planner Date: June 11, 2018 Worksession WSB Project No. 011104‐000 Request: Discussion on Revised Ordinance to Allow for Chickens OVERVIEW The past few years, the City of St. Anthony has received numerous requests to allow chickens on residential properties in the R‐1 Residential District (four requests in 2017 and five requests in 2018 to date). This is caused by an increasing interest from residents to raise chickens. At a recent City Council meeting, the Council asked staff to prioritize the discussion of updating the ordinance related to chickens. Currently, the city code requires any keeping of fowl to be reviewed and approved by City Council. This process could remain in place, with an exemption for chickens, due to the relatively high demand for such a request. Therefore, staff is recommending a revision to the city code to allow the keeping of chickens on residential property zoned R‐1 with an administratively reviewed and approved permit, if the following criteria are met: 1) Submittal of a site plan and narrative; 2) 6 or fewer chickens are present on the property; 3) No roosters allowed; 4) All coops are located in the rear yard and enclosed with fencing or the backyard is fully enclosed; 5) All coops are 10 feet from any property line. If the above criteria are not met, the request could follow the variance criteria and standards for review (Planning Commission and City Council consideration, after a public hearing). RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that City Council direct staff to bring back a revised ordinance amending the animals section of city code to exempt chickens from city council review, with the above criteria.