It’s Tuesday, Day 2 of City Manager Question Time Week. Here is an actual question, and an actual answer, from earlier this year:
Question #2: Dear Mr. City Manager, I am a resident of Eden Prairie. Recently, more people tend to concern consumption of healthy food (organic food and food safety, etc.), and we are considering the raise chickens in our backyard. Our neighbor city Minnetonka has a policy allowing residents to raise chickens (please see Star tribune dated on March 26, 2008). I tried to find the city policy regarding this issue for Eden Prairie residents without success. I will appreciate very much if you could provide such information.
Scott Says: City Code section 9.08 regulates the keeping of chickens (among many types of domesticated animals) in the City. Generally, you are not allowed to keep chickens in the City. There are some exceptions. You can check our City Code online at this link at the City’s website: City Code Online. This is a specific link to section 9.08 about keeping agricultural animals in the city: Chickens and The City.
The City is launching a new service on our website called “City Docs” that will allow anyone using our website to more easily search our City Code and City Council minutes. We will add other public documents to the City Docs service as time goes on. We are launching the new service this week, so check it out and let us know how it works for you.
