A committee of the Aurora City Council has been discussing the possibility of lifting the city’s ban on backyard chickens.

While no official ordinance has been drafted, aldermen who sit on the Rules, Administration and Procedures Committee have spent time at the past two meetings discussing the possibility of allowing backyard chickens within city limits and the logistics of how that may work. No decision has been made yet, but aldermen seem to agree that, if the ban is lifted, there would still be restrictions against roosters, along with other requirements.

Currently, the city’s ordinance bans people from keeping dangerous animals, bees or farm animals within city limits. However, special permission can be given to things like pony rides and petting zoos.

According to Ald. Edward Bugg

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