Platte County Missouri Statutes Laws & Getting Started

[SarahSch]

HELP PLEASE! There are residents of Houston Lake Missouri who want to keep egg-laying chickens, and our ordinances prohibit them at this time. As we are small city (125 households), I want to make sure that we write an ordinance that allows the Missouri code of up to 6 chickens on a lot that is 2/10th of an acre at the very least. My concern is that I don't want "Pinterest" people trying to raise chickens before they realize what it takes and the chickens suffer. I would REALLY appreciate any help you can provide on what is humane and possible to allow residents to keep egg-laying chickens without being a nuisance to their neighbors and, is setting residents up for success as responsible chicken owners.

 

[Three Stents]

Don't allow roosters?......and what is the reasoning for the city law?