Hey, the big chicken talk is tonight. If you feel strongly one way or the other about the much-discussed “Chicken Ordinance,” show up at City Hall (203 S. Farwell Street) tonight at 7pm to speak your mind. From the city:

• Public comment of a proposed ordinance to create Chapter 6.17, entitled "Chickens" will be included on the Monday, April 26 City Council meeting agenda. The meeting begins at 7:00 pm.
• The purpose of the ordinance would be to outline conditions under which city residents may safely keep and maintain a limited number of chickens within the City of Eau Claire.
• Click here to see the draft ordinance. City Council will consider adoption of the proposed ordinance at their Legislative meeting of Tuesday, April 27 at 4:00 pm.

Personally, I’ve written about chickens before, and I'm pro-chicken. Unfortunately, as the ordinance is currently written, most of my neighborhood (the Eastside Hill) would not be zoned correctly to allow them. My house would be in a no-chicken zone.  So even if the ordinance has gone through multiple drafts, perhaps a closer look is still needed.