At its meeting Monday night at Town Hall, the Chapel Hill Town Council approved new rules allowing residents to keep up to 10 chickens — hens, but not roosters — in all residential zoning districts.
The town had previously limited the areas where chickens could be kept, but allowed up to 20 hens. In addition to expanding areas where chickens could be kept and reducing the number, the new rules also prevent chickens from being kept in front yards.
In other action, the council:
• approved a development at 1609 East Franklin St. for a two-story, 17,318-square-foot building and 61 parking spaces on about two acres on the northwest side of the street just southwest of Elliott Road.
• postponed discussion on a proposed increase in the town’s vehicle tax from $20 to $30;
• approved the creation of a Mayor’s Committee on Public Arts;
• accepted a $15,000 grant from the estate of the late Joe Herzenberg via Friends of Chapel Hill Parks, Recreation and Greenways for preliminary work on renovations to Bolin Creek Trail;
• accepted a $640,000 transportation grant from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization for the first phase of the Morgan Creek Trail Project;
• Adopted its 2009 legislative agenda, including a request for a ticket tax on events on campus, authorization to establish a review board made up of citizens to review disciplinary matters for town police and support for legislation that would further regulate or prohibit the use of herbicides for the clearing and maintenance of easements and rights of way by utility companies.
— From Staff Reports
Hens, but not roosters. Hmmmmm.
You must be a city slicker.
Roosters crow. Loud. And all the time.