Officials in Chandler are considering amending city code to allow for chickens to be kept at single-family lots.
Currently, the city only permits chickens on two types of large residential lots, which is only about 200 homes in Chandler, according to the city.
Last Wednesday, senior city planner Lauren Schumann told Chandler City Council members other Arizona cities are far more lenient.
“Through the research that we’ve done, a majority of the cities, our neighboring cities permit for chickens. There’s different ways of the limit, the amount, lot size," she said.
Wednesday’s meeting went over changing the definition of a chicken coop in the city code. The City Council plans to meet in November and December to consider the full ordinance.
Residents can provide their comments on the backyard chicken initiative through the city of Chandler website.
