A proposed ordinance to allow for backyard chickens in residential areas of unincorporated Lee County including Lehigh Acres, failed to pass county muster, meaning there will be no backyard chickens allowed in Lehigh in the new year or at least for now.
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners rejected the measure 3-2.
County Chairman Kevin Ruane and Commissioners Cecil Pendergrass and Ray Sandelli voted against directing the LDC Amendment on backyard chickens to a public hearing, reversing a process that was previously set in motion to allow for the chickens. Commissioners Brian Hamman and Frank Mann supported moving forward with the public hearing process.