Bill > HB806

This bill creates a new section of Kentucky law that defines and regulates keeping backyard chickens in residential areas. Specifically, the bill defines a "backyard chicken" as a domesticated hen kept for personal egg production and educational purposes, explicitly excluding roosters. The legislation prevents cities and local governments from creating ordinances that prohibit residents from keeping six or fewer chickens on residential property. While local governments are prohibited from banning backyard chickens, they can establish reasonable regulations to protect community health and safety, such as requiring minimum distances between chicken coops and property lines, setting sanitation standards to control odors and pests, and prohibiting the commercial sale of eggs or chickens from residential properties. Any existing local ordinances that conflict with these provisions would be considered void and unenforceable. The bill aims to provide homeowners with more flexibility in keeping a small number of chickens for personal use while still allowing local governments to maintain community standards.

Government Affairs

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb806.html