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<br /> 30. _Fergcrs Falls .
<br /> Fergus Falls banned chickens from residential neighborhoods
<br /> unless lots were at least ten acres and unless any shelters were at
<br /> least three hundred feet from the property line.10 In July 2009,
<br /> the city council revised its animal regulations to provide for no .
<br /> more than twelve chicken permits annually; chicken permits
<br /> were to be obtained by the animal control office, and allowed up
<br /> to four hens,�provided the applicant satisfied numerous, onerous
<br /> requirements.11 One resident complained that the council spent
<br /> more time on the chicken ordinance than they did on a four
<br /> million dollar appropriation for a hockey arena for which there
<br /> was resident opposition.l�Z The chicken ordinance was
<br /> reportedly based on Duluth's chicken law.13
<br /> 3]. Mankato ""'
<br /> After lobbying and battling for nearly two years over a proposed �
<br /> backyard chicken ordinance to replace a ban, the Mankato City
<br /> Council passed an onerous two-year pilot project that provides
<br /> for the allocation of three chicken permits per year.174 The
<br /> preceding year, a proposed ordinance to legalize backyard
<br /> chickens was voted down four-to-three.175 After reportedly
<br /> spending fifteen hours of staff time to research twenty
<br /> Minnesota cities and write the ordinance amendment, the
<br /> council reintroduced the proposal with key compromises on the
<br /> permitting process and neighbor consent requirement.176 In the
<br /> context of inflamed emotion and impassioned debate, the
<br /> proposed amendment passed five-to-two in June 2010."' At one
<br /> point, in voting against a public meeting to discuss the
<br /> amendment, the mayor stated: "There's a lot of anger around
<br /> this issue for some reason. More so than the war by far. I don't
<br /> 170 F&RGUS Fnia.s,MwtJ.,Cr['Y ConE§§6.21(A)(b),(D)(2009)(amended by OxDUaa.taCS 119,
<br /> July 2009).
<br /> �'�FERGUS Fru.ts,MPrrr.,OxnIDIrwCE No. 108(July 2009)(codified at FERGUS F�u.ts,Mirrx.
<br /> CrrY CoDE§6.35,repealed by FEttGUS Fn1.LS,MtNt�.,Oltutxnt�CE I 19(Apr.2010)).
<br /> 'n Lauren Radomski,Arena Protesters Take to Ainvaves,FERGUS FA[.LS DAILY J.,Oct.22,2009.
<br /> "'Brandon Stahl,Fergur Fa/Is and Duluth,Connected 6y Chickens,Din,u'rx N�vs'I7tis.BLOGS
<br /> (July 7,2009). •
<br /> ""Moxxatro, MnvN., CITY CODE § 9.6 (2010); Dan Linehan, Monkato Counci! Approves
<br /> Chrcken Ordinance:I!'s a Test Run for Two Years,FttEE PRFSS,June 14,2010.
<br /> 175 Dan Linehan,Chicken Permits Go to Council Test Monday,FREE PRESS,May 8,2010. �
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<br /> ��'Linehan,supra note 174.
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