GUELPH/ERAMOSA – Chickens and hens won’t yet be spotted in the backyards of certain Guelph/Eramosa residents.
Council had a chance to weigh in on allowing them on smaller agriculturally zoned and rural residential zoned properties but chose to defer the situation until seeing another report.
The decision, made at Monday’s committee of the whole, was one Mayor Chris White was pleased with, stating the importance of doing it properly.
Councillor Mark Bouwmeester was one of several with concerns over entering into rural residential properties.
Staff also tentatively ruled to limit chickens and hens to those with at least an acre of space were council to opt in.
White brought to staff’s attention it would be important to monitor the wellbeing of these creatures.
A report will now come from the planning department.
