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Cumberland residents want chickens permitted in city

January 23rd, 2023 by WCBC Radio

In March of 2016, the Frostburg City Council voted to amend the city’s zoning laws regulating domestic livestock, allowing households to keep up to six live chickens. A number of Cumberland residents are looking for the city to follow that lead. During the regular public meeting of Cumberland’s City Council last week, a half  dozen citizens lobbied for chickens to be permitted within city limits…

Although the city agreed to take the request under advisement, Mayor Ray Morriss sounded less than enthusiastic about the idea…