Council, community say 'no' to urban chickens in Lind

The Lind Town Council has decided not to move forward with urban chickens in the residential area in Lind. At the regular meeting on Tuesday, March 27, residents of the Lind community packed into Lind Town Hall to speak on the matter.

Phil Kent had taken the initiative to conduct a survey for one day outside of the post office asking Lind residents if they were for or against urban chickens inside of the residential area based on the current proposal. The proposal had stated that residents could have up to five chickens with no rooster if they built a 36 square foot enclosure.

Kent received the following results: five residents supported the idea of urban chickens, 14 did not want or approve of urban chickens and three residents remained undecided.

The majority of Lind residents in attendance spoke against the idea of urban chickens, with the main issues being based around odor, proper maintenance of the enclosures, monitoring of the residences with chickens and the growing concern of unlicensed dogs in the area.

Those residents who wanted to have chickens on their residential property argued that they are responsible pet owners, chickens serve as an educational opportunity for children and chickens help with killing bugs as well as providing quality fertilizer.

P.J. Jacobson made a motion to approve urban chickens for a three-year trial run but the motion died because of the lack of a second to the motion from another council member.