Currently, chicken owners throughout DeWitt County may be in violation of an ordinance that restricts how far a coop can be from a residential property line.

At the October DeWitt County Land Use Committee Meeting, Zoning Administrator Elizabeth Weikle told the board that the Regional Planning Commission, or RPC, is reviewing those ordinances and looking into how they can be loosened. 

Nothing has been set in stone over this matter, and it was not on the agenda for the October County Board Meeting.