TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance 2016-42, first reading, Petition No. TXT-16-221, Amending the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 53, permitting of chickens in the Residential Zoning District.
Recommended Action
City Commission consider Ordinance 2016-42, Petition No. TXT-16-221, Amending the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 53, permitting of chickens in the Residential Zoning District.
Background Information
History
The City Commission held a workshop on January 14, 2013 to discuss the raising of chickens within the limits of the City of North Port. Staff was directed to provide an ordinance that mirrors the regulations of the City of Sarasota regarding the raising of chickens in the Residential Single Family (RSF) zoning district.
Based on the Commission direction, Staff drafted Ordinance 2013-03, file number TXT-13-024, a proposed text amendment to the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to amend Chapter 53, Article IX. - RSF Residential Single-Family District, Section 53-121 and Section 53-122 to allow chickens in the Residential Single-Family (RSF) zoning district.
* Ordinance 2013-03, TXT-13-024 was presented to the Planning and Zoning Advisory Board (PZAB) on April 4, 2013. The Planning and Zoning Advisory Board did not recommend approval, with a 4-3 vote dissenting. The board had raised several concerns regarding the keeping of chickens in residentially zoned areas.
* Ordinance 2013-03, TXT-13-024 was presented to City Commission on April 22, 2013 for first reading and the item was continued to second reading on May 13, 2013 with minor changes to the ordinance:
o Reducing the number of hens that may be kept from 6 to 4; and,
o Including a provision requiring written consent to the presence of chickens to be secured from all abutting developed property owners prior to the pl...
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