TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Ordinance No. 2016-42, second 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
Approve Ordinance No. 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 for adoption.
Background Information
At its regularly scheduled meeting of December 13, 2016, the City Commission heard at first reading, Ordinance No. 2016-42, amendments to the City of North Port Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Chapter 53, to allow chickens as a permitted use in the Residential Zoning District with the following modifications to Sec. 53-121 H. of the ordinance as follows:
1. Amending Sec. 53-121H.(1) to read "No more than four (4) hens may be kept on a 80' x 120' lot or six (6) hens on two (2) or more lots may be kept, with roosters prohibited.
2. Amending Sec. 53-121H. adding item #11 to read exactly as the adopted Sarasota County Ordinance concerning unwanted chickens. The following language has been added to read: "Chickens that are no longer wanted by their owners shall not be taken to Animal Control, nor shall they be released. Unwanted chickens may be taken to Health & Human Services Mosquito Control Division for utilization in the Sentinel Chicken Program".
3. Amending #8 to read: "The sale of eggs or any other chicken products generated in a residential single-family district cannot be sold in a residential single-family district".
4. The word "chicken" shall be replaced with the word "hen".
The changes as directed by Commission have been incorporated into Ordinance No. 2016-42 for second reading and adoption.
History
The City Commission held a workshop on January 14, 2013 to discuss the raising of ...
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