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Council approves backyard chickens, growlers (tap beer to go)

Posted at 1:37 pm July 13, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Pictured above during an Oak Ridge City Council work session on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, are Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson, left, and Kayla Wyatt, an advocate for allowing a small number of hens at Oak Ridge homes. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

An earlier effort to allow backyard chickens in Oak Ridge failed. This one succeeded.

On Monday, the Oak Ridge City Council approved backyard chickens in the second and final vote.

The ordinance change allows up to six female chickens, or hens, at homes in the city, possibly by August 1. Roosters will not be allowed.

Council approved a few amendments to the proposed ordinance on Monday, agreeing to not allow the slaughter of any chickens, as opposed to just hens, and lowering the building permit for a henhouse and fenced enclosure from $50 to $25.

The amended ordinance passed 5-1, with Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch casting the lone “no” vote. Council approved an earlier version of the ordinance in a 5-2 vote in May. City Council member Rick Chinn, who was absent from this week’s meeting, joined Gooch in voting against the ordinance in May. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: backyard chickens, beer ordinance, Division of Animal Control, growlers, henhouses, hens, Ken Krushenski, Knoxville, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Community Development Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, ordinance change, Rick Chinn, roosters, Tammy Dunn, tap beer to go, Warren Gooch

Council to consider backyard chickens, growlers (tap beer to go)

Posted at 10:15 pm July 10, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday will consider an ordinance change that would allow backyard chickens—hens, but not roosters—and another that would allow growlers, tap beer to go. That’s a growing field in the craft beer industry, the city staff said.

The City Council approved the backyard chicken ordinance in a 5-2 vote in May. That was the first of two readings, or votes. The vote on Monday, July 11, will be the second and final reading.

If approved by Council, residents would be allowed to keep up to six female chickens, or hens, at homes in the city, possibly by August 1. Annual permits and henhouses would be required. No roosters would be allowed, and henhouses would not be allowed in front yards, Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson said in a memo to City Council members.

The Oak Ridge ordinance is based on an amended version of an ordinance that Knoxville adopted in 2010. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: backyard chicken ordinance, backyard chickens, growlers, Ken Krushenski, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Community Development Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Tammy Dunn, tap beer to go

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