Metro Councilman Robert Duvall is against the measure.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Metro Council members on Tuesday will hear the third and final reading of the highly controversial urban chicken ordinance.
The ordinance would make it legal for Davidson County residents to have up to six chickens in their backyard, depending on property size.
The ordinance passed the second reading at the council's meeting on January 3.
However, District 33 Councilman Robert Duvall does not want the chickens moving into his southeast Nashville neighborhood.
"My people, in my district do not want this," He told Nashville's News 2, "All I'm doing is saying I'm going to protect my district. I do what the people that hired me by electing me, want me to do and that's what I'm doing."
On Tuesday, Duvall will present an amendment exempting District 33 from the bill.
Duvall said he has been opposed to the bill from the beginning because the ordinance comes with problems that many of his constituents do not want.
"You've got snakes at the lake, you've got field rats, field mice, you've got coons, fox, coyotes, we have all of those type of animals out here plus you're [going to] have domestic problems with animals particularly dogs that want to go after chickens," he said. "The neighbors are going to try and police the neighbors, there's going to be intimidation, there's going to be neighbor against neighbor. It just doesn't work and my district adamantly when I had a district wide meeting in November totally opposed it."
Council members will also have to pass Duvall's amendment in order to keep the backyard chickens out of District 33.
The group in favor of the backyard chickens, Urban Chicken Advocates of Nashville, has taken to their Facebook page, urging supports to email their district council member before Tuesday's meeting.
If the bill passes on Tuesday, it will become law.
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