Article: Proposed ordinance: Proper shelter, space needed to raise chickens.

Byline: Candace Renalls

Aug. 11--Allowing chickens in the city of Duluth moves closer to reality today when the City Council gets its first reading of a revamped city ordinance that sets down ground rules. "You can't just get a couple of chickens and throw them in the backyard or garage," said Councilor Sharla Gardner, one of the ordinance's sponsors. Under the ordinance, people in single family homes can have up to five chickens, while people in apartments or duplexes can't have them at all. Chickens will have to be kept in roofed coops surrounded by a fenced enclosure that is at least 25 feet from a neighbor's house. "That's the minimum," Gardner ...

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