It's A No Go For Backyard Chickens in St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The idea of allowing St. Cloud residents to have backyard chickens has flown the coop.

The city council held a public hearing on the issue during its meeting Monday night.

After the hearing, the council voted five to one against amending the city's ordinance to allow chickens on a single-family detached property in residential zoning districts.

Council member Mike Conway was the only person who voted for it.

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The proposed ordinance would have required an annual permit to keep up to four hens with no roosters. A similar push to allow backyard chickens also failed back in 2014.