Towamencin to draft chicken code

Dated: July 27 2023

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Towamencin Township supervisors have directed the township planning commission to draft an ordinance that will allow backyard chickens. The idea of backyard chickens has been discussed in the township since 2017, when the board took no action to change existing township rules prohibiting chickens and sent the topic to the planning commission. Since then, the planners have been monitoring other municipalities that have chosen to allow chickens and discussed drafts of a code that would set out criteria regarding lot size, setback distances, visibility, numbers of chickens allowed, and prohibitions on roosters. Once the planning commission has a draft chicken ordinance, it will be sent to the supervisors for consideration and approval. Towamencin’s supervisors next meet on Wednesday, May 24, at 7 p.m., and the planning commission next meets on Monday, June 5, at 7 p.m., both at the township administration building, 1090 Troxel Road. For more information visit the Towamencin Township website. 
Source: The Reporter; 5/15/2023

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