The Grand Forks council continues to fine-tune an ordinance allowing chickens to be raised within city limits.
The council is looking to place a 12 bird limit on the permit process – six of which could be chickens. Members got bogged down last night over the distance for which owners would need neighbor approval – and the number of birds per yard.
The council settled on a 65 foot spread.
A proposal to place a ten bird limit with four chickens was later changed to 12 and six. The health department’s Javin Bedard says they have had a few more permit requests in recent weeks and they are under review.
The council approved the revised ordinance on a six to one vote.
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