{"id":259948,"date":"2026-08-05T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259948\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T22:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:32:08","slug":"second-reading-of-chicken-ordinance-in-charles-city-fails-to-fly-kcha-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259948\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Reading of Chicken Ordinance in Charles City Fails to Fly \u2013 KCHA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An ordinance to allow residents to own chickens within Charles City won\u2019t \u201cfly the coop\u201d anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Last month, the first reading of the urban chicken ordinance passed on a split vote, with council members Phil Knighten, Phoebe Pittman and Krista Noah in favor, while Patrick Lumley and Jeff Otto were opposed.<\/p>\n

Monday (08.03) night, the City Council took up the second reading of the ordinance, with Mayor Dean Andrews first addressing one of the questions left unanswered in the ordinance: what to do with chickens if owners violate the ordinance, resulting in removal of the chickens from their property.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kchanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/08\/Andrews-Dogs-1.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Councilman Patrick Lumley again held firm against chicken ownership.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kchanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/08\/Lumley-Against-1.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrews countered.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kchanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/08\/Andrews-Meeting-1.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

Voting on the second reading of the ordinance Monday night came without Noah, thus the reading failed to pass on a 2-2 vote.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

City Attorney Brad Sloter on what happens now.
\nhttps:\/\/kchanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/08\/Sloter-Next-1.mp3<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Thus, chicken ownership in City limits remains illegal.<\/p>\n


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