Council says chickens can't come home to roost in Humboldt
The Humboldt City Council on Monday turned down a proposed ordinance that would allow up to six chickens in confined back yards in single-family residential zoned areas of the city. Four Humboldt City Council members in attendance said they had received little support from members of the public they talked to in wanting the ordinance.
By KENT THOMPSON
Chickens make less noise than dogs and when 50 other towns have ordinances to regulate chickens in the city limits, why can’t Humboldt?
Those were the pro arguments for allowing chickens within the Humboldt city limits, but the pleas fell upon deaf ears. By a vote of 3 opposed, none in favor and one abstaining, the Humboldt City Council on Monday turned down a request to allow chickens within the city limits with limitations.
Councilmen politely listened to members of the public at Monday’s meeting and asked some questions, however the die was cast.
Of the four Council members in attendance at Monday’s meeting (First Ward Councilman Matt Dominick was not in attendance), none said they had received much support from the public for passing an urban chicken ordinance.
Read the full story in this week's Humboldt Independent.
