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Mayor Jacobsen requested the Council now discuss roosters and the appropriate size of chicken coops. He was <br />in fa vor of not allowing roo sters in the City. <br />Councilmember Burg and Councilmember Bauman agreed. <br />Councilmember Strub did not believe there were enough compl aints to limit roosters in the City. <br />Councilmember Burg was in fa vor of limiting the number of chickens/fowls to eight to ten as this closely <br />reflected the number of chickens New Brighton residents already have. <br />Mayor Jacobsen suggested that lot size also be consi dered when setting a fo wl limit. Gundlach reviewed the <br />average lot size fo r homes in New Brighton. <br />Councilmember Bauman discussed the research she has conducted regarding chickens and coops. She <br />reviewed some of the infonnation she gathered from her research, along with the diseases these animals can <br />carry . She questioned how the City would address the disposal of chicken carcasses if a bird were to die. She <br />di scussed the diseases chicken carried and noted their eggs were more likely to have salmonella. It was her <br />opinion that chickens did not belong in the suburb s or the City of New Brighton. <br />Councilmember Strub asked if the code required a yard to be fen ced. Code Enforcement Officer Hatch <br />explained that the task fo rce was recommending that chickens be restrained or have a place to run, but was not <br />requiring a yard to be fen ced. <br />Mayor Jacobsen recommended the code include language that would require chickens to be restrained. <br />Councilmember Burg questioned if two neighbors could share a chicken coop. Code Enforcement Officer <br />Hatch beli eved that this would be allowed unless a complaint was brought to the City. Gundlach commented <br />that coops would have setback requirements. <br />Mayor Jacobsen discussed the requirements he has on a piece of fann land that he owns in Otter Tail Co unty. <br />He stated he had more requirements on that land than he does on his New Brighton property with regard to <br />chickens. He was in fa vor of allowing ei ght chickens on a New Brighton lot. <br />Councilmember Burg suggested the number of chickens be based on the size of a homeowner's property. She <br />was in fa vor of allowing up to 24 chickens fo r residents with two-acre parcel s. <br />Counci lmember Bauman did not support this recommendation. <br />Mayor Jacobsen believed it would be important fo r residents to gain the appro val of their neighbors prior to <br />having chickens. <br />Councilmember Strub questioned if any cities required notification of neighbors. Code Enforcement Officer <br />Hatch explained that the City of Minneapolis required 90% of neighbors within 100 fe et to support the request. <br />He noted the task fo rce discussed this matter but did not make this a recommendation due to the fa ct neighbors <br />could move away as time goes by. <br />I Councilmember Bauman did not want to see New Brighton become the chicken capital of the Twin Cities. <br />J She believed this matter needed further considerati on. She understood homeowners had property rights, but <br />she also did not want to hurt residents' property values by having chicken coops everywhere.