Pottstown has fined 1 person in 2 years for backyard chickens — the woman who wants to change the law

POTTSTOWN — The only person to have been fined in the last 16 months for keeping chickens in her backyard is the person trying to convince the borough to change the law making it illegal, a review of borough records shows.
And although the fine could have been as low as $50, she was fined $500, which, along with another $100 in associated court costs, pushed the total to $600, the maximum allowed by ordinance.
In the late fall of 2020, Katie Scanlan was informed a local ordinance makes it illegal in Pottstown to keep chickens in her backyard. But Scanlan says she was told she would have until spring to find them a new home.

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