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POTTSTOWNÂ â 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.
POTTSTOWNÂ â A modified model ordinance allowing backyard chickens in the borough would limit the practice to just over three percent of the residential parcels in town.
No decisions or firm recommendations have been made in Pottstown s ongoing chicken debate and the next step appears to be figuring out a way to have a pilot program, perhaps at some of Pottstown s public community gardens.
The subject of backyard chickens â currently banned under the borough s animal ordinance â has become a political football since it exploded into the public square during the March 3 work session of Pottstown Borough Council.
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That was when North Evans Street Katie Scanlan, a resident who has chickens and has been cited for having them, gave a detailed proposal on ways to make keeping chickens legal and less obtrusive.
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