A committee of the Aurora City Council has tabled its discussion of possibly lifting the city’s ban on backyard chickens.

No official ordinance was drafted, but aldermen who sit on the City Council Rules, Administration and Procedures Committee have spent time at the past several meetings discussing the possibility of allowing backyard chickens within city limits and the logistics of how that may work. They’ve also heard from the city’s Animal Care and Control division about the idea, including its current response to backyard chickens.

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

At the committee’s most recent meeting, held last Tuesday, alderme

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