Roswell Chickens Squawk at new Ordinance

On Monday, the Roswell City Council voted 6 to 2 to ban all roosters and restrict the number of backyard chickens subject to lot size. In what turned out to be a shock, the attempt to loosen Roswell’s backyard chicken law resulted in a much tighter law.

Under the most recent version, residents could have kept up to 25 birds in some sort of enclosure at single-family homes, no matter what the lot size. People already keeping more than 25 chickens could have obtained a permit for up to 15 more birds.

However, under the new ordinance, no chickens are allowed on residential lots of 1/3 acre or less. Homeowners with 1/3 to 1 acre can keep six chickens. Homeowners with more than 1 acre can have 12 birds per acre, up to a maximum of 36. The ordinance does not regulate lots larger than 2 acres.

The council debated over roosters, but in the end there wasn’t enough support to allow roosters to be included in the ordinance, which resulted in total ban on those early morning noise makers.

The law takes effect right away, but residents were given a 90-day grace period to comply.

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