Keep working on your City Council. Many of them are seeing the value of people keeping laying hens. No Roosters, of course. (Worthless, noisy, unproductive mouths at the trough that they are!) ;)
(Hens will lay eggs without fertilization; one every 72 hours or so. A true miracle.)
What is needed to raise “laying hens”? Are they noisy? Would they bother the neighbors? How much does it cost to feed them and what kind of shelter is involved.
I know nothing about this :)