23 Cities

Last summer, almost six months ago now, I shared several resources that looked at chicken ordinances in other cities.

One of these resources was a survey of 23 cities with ordinances conducted by Dr. Hugh Bartling's Green Urban Policy class at DePaul University.

The survey consisted of 8 open ended questions. The respondents were city staffs with a small number of elected officials.

The questions asked about problems with enforcement, chickens at large or getting loose, abandonment; things of that nature.

Chicken ordinances, as it turns out, were not difficult, expensive or time consuming to enforce. States the report:

In general we found that most cities were satisfied with their ordinances, major complaints and infractions were rare, and the adoption of chicken ordinances have been looked upon positively.

 You an read the entire report here:

The cities were:

• Ann Arbor, MI
• Baraboo WI
• Belmont, MA
• Boise, ID
• Bozeman, MT
• Buffalo, NY
• Duluth MN
• Durham, NC
• Eugene, OR
• Fort Collins, CO
• Gulfport, FL
• Huntington, NY
• Lawrence, KS
• Madison, WI
• Missoula, MT
• Moab, UT
• New Haven, CT
• Portland, OR
• South Portland, ME
• St. Paul, MN
• State College Borough, PA
• Wake Forest, NC
• Ypsilanti, MI

That's a respectable list. Pierre will be in good company. Chicken ordinances are fairly mainstream anymore.