Backyard Chicken Ordinance

I respectfully request the Council consider and find that a small number of chickens kept properly confined in their owners yard be deemed household pets, and therefore permitted to be kept.
Owners of pet chickens prize them for their tame, friendly and entertaining personalities, but also because they can play a part in a greener lifestyle. They naturally control insect pests, eat vegetable scraps, improve the lawn and even provide eggs for the table