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Community Development Director Hanson said she is not sure where they got the direction for <br />horses and other agricultural animals. She added that the University of Minnesota has extension <br />services that have regulations to follow. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove noted that for chickens and ducks there is no minimum acreage <br />required in code. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell stated that without the difference between the setbacks for chickens and <br />roosters, it would eliminate a lot of people's ability to have chickens. She said she would not like <br />to change the setbacks for chickens. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked how many rooster complaints come into the City and how they <br />are generally resolved. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson explained that she has only heard of one rooster <br />complaint in her year with the City. <br /> <br />Planning Manager Larson shared there were three complaints this year, including this situation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked what happens if the rooster owner is meeting the lot size and setback <br />requirements but there are still noise complaints. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson stated there is nothing that can be done, unless the <br />situation would call the noise ordinance into play. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked how many complaints the City gets about noisy dogs. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Hanson shared that these complaints typically come through <br />the Police Department. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley explained that they just wrote this ordinance so if they were going to change <br />anything, he would recommend removing roosters entirely from the ordinance. He noted this is <br />consistent with a lot of other cities. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove shared that she was a proponent of allowing roosters as she had a <br />resident who reached out to her who had enough acreage for a rooster and wanted to be able to <br />keep their rooster. She noted that Ramsey is rural and part of being rural is allowing people to have <br />roosters if they so choose. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell agreed that the City is rural and roosters fit the character of Ramsey. She <br />stated that dogs can be very noisy, and people have to put up with that. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if there is any validity to the acreage versus the setbacks. He asked <br />if it made sense to change this, so it was based on the distance from neighbors rather than based <br />on acreage. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / December 12, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br /> <br />