Text amendment may allow more chickens on McLean County properties

Text amendment may allow more chickens on McLean County properties

MCLEAN COUNTY, Ill. (WMBD) -- Owning chickens in residential areas will become more accessible if a text amendment is adopted at Tuesday night's McLean County Zoning meeting. Right now, people who want to own chickens at their residential home have to follow a property line rule. All coops must be 150 feet away from the property line in order to have it. Most residences do not have that much land to follow the rule, completely omitting any chanc…