How Stephen Holyday voted at council

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1. 2023.EC3.4AMENDED

   Follow Up Report on the UrbanHensTO Backyard Hens Pilot Program

   This report outlines the results of further consultation on proposed changes for the UrbanHensTO backyard hens pilot program and responds to Council’s request to consider next steps for the program, including whether to expand the program City-wide and make it permanent. The pilot program expires on May 31, 2023. While the limited uptake in the pilot program has not resulted in any significant issues since its introduction in 2018, given the considerable costs and resource impacts required to safely administer a City-wide program and the emerging concern of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), this report recommends that the UrbanHensTO backyard hens pilot program concludes, and that consideration for further extension, expansion or making the program permanent be paused indefinitely. Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 349, Animals, prohibits animals in the order Galliformes (which includes hens), with the exception of hens registered under the UrbanHensTO pilot program and on lands zoned agricultural. The UrbanHensTO backyard hens pilot program began on March 2, 2018 and allows registered households to have up to four hens for the purposes of enjoyment and personal egg…

   City Council · 2023-05-12 09:47 AM

   Amend Item (Additional)

   Stephen Holyday's vote: No

   Majority required - EC3.4 - Cheng - motion 1

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   13-5

   Source outcome