No backyard chickens for Montrose

Montrose Village Council has scrapped a proposed backyard chicken bylaw.

Mayor Mike Walsh says there was considerable opposition and only one resident in favour.

“Our municipality is too small, the houses are too close together, maybe this person would be okay with it, but other people, they just didn’t want it,” Walsh explained, saying enforcement and predators were issues.

“There would be more coyotes, more raccoons, skunks and right now we just said no,” the mayor added.

Walsh feels council gave the idea of having a maximum of four hens due consideration, saying the public meeting was a valuable exercise.

“We wanted to get more information on it, to see if more really wanted it and as is was, it was only one person,” stated Walsh, who didn’t rule out another look at the bylaw in the future.

“It’s a dead issue right now, maybe down the road if more people are interested in it, the process will start again.”


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Drew Wilson
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Drew brings more than four decades of experience to the Kootenay newsroom. His career has taken him across Ontario, the Northwest Territories and B.C. Drew combines his love of radio and community with his passion for sports.

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