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7 also suggested a "fly away" barrier be required but the task force did not include this as part of the recommendation. In addition, the task force recommended the City should encourage best practices for the beeping of bees. • Chickens and fowl were recommended as an activity to be regulated by an S to 2 vote, 2 members voting for status quo. The task force directed staff to research the chicken and fowl issue in more depth and make recommendations from a public health, aesthetic, and nuisance perspective. The task force wanted all recommendations for chickens and fowl to be based on facts not just what other communities were doing. Staff researched chickens and fowl and prepared the April report with references to research papers regarding the best practices for the keeping of chickens and fowl. Staff developed a tiered system, instead of a static number, for the number of fowl allowed to be kept on each lot in New Brighton depending on lot area. The reasoning for the tiered system is a larger lot may be able to support larger numbers of fowl without having the activity become a nuisance issue for neighbors. There was a suggestion by a task force member that there could be a limit on the number of coops or flocks instead of the tiered system. Staff also included recommendations regarding coops, runs and pens, roosters, and the keeping of birds. Some task force members felt chickens should not be regulated and have the City only recommend best practices. There was also concern about how any new regulation may affect those who already have chickens or fowl. Staff suggested Council could delay the date of any new regulations going into effect in order to give time for residents to comply as grandfathering doesn't legally apply to this topic. Ultimately, the task force decided by consensus on the following recommendation for chickens and fowl, with exceptions noted, with debate happening during the April and May meetings. The recommendation for chickens includes coop_ requirements and a fowl tiered matrix. The recommendation is as follows. Coops must be • Clean and sanitary • Made of sound construction and craftsmanship • Be maintained • Protect the birds from the weather • Meet a 5 foot setback (2 members suggested 10 feet for setback) • Not located in the front yard of a residence • Have a minimum of 3 square feet per chicken • Not be located in a primary residence • Follow best practices for nests and roosts • Chickens and fowl should be restrained to the owner's property at all times. The task force felt fowl should be kept on the owner's property. Whether the resident decided to have a fence, pen, run, or other type of restraining method would be left to the resident. The task force felt residents should not allow their fowl to leave their property. • Fowl is defined as all domesticated barnyard and water fowl. There was discussion by task force members to ban water fowl and possibly have a different table for different types of fowl. Ultimately, the group agreed on the following table. There were a few