PUBLIC HEARING
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013 AT 6:45 P.M.
THE HEARING IS TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Ordinance amendment which moves the keeping of dogs, chickens and rabbits as well as orchards and nurseries from a conditional use to a permitted use, provided they are of a non-commercial nature.
Town of Vinland Zoning Code Sec. 13-1-42(c)(3)(a) currently reads:
(c) Conditional Uses. Conditional uses in this District shall be as follows:
(3) (a) The following uses provided that they shall be of noncommercial nature and comply with Subsection (c)(3)b-d below:
a. Raising and keeping of stable animals and all other domestic livestock.
b. Nurseries and orchards.
c. Raising and keeping of dogs – not include breeding or boarding.
d. Raising and keeping of domestic fowl, including gallinaceous birds.
e. Smaller “hobby” type animals such as rabbits, hares, etc – not to include those animals of such size or character as to normally be considered to be big game, e.g., lions, tigers, bears, etc., and not to include furbearing animals, e.g., mink, chinchilla, etc., except for rabbits.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT:
Sec. 13-1-42 R-1 Rural Residential District (Non-subdivided)
(b) Permitted Uses. Permitted uses in this District are as follows:
(2) Incidental agricultural activities when the site is used as a farm homesite or the following uses provided that they shall be of noncommercial nature and comply with subsection (c)(3)a-c below.
a. Nurseries and orchards.
b. Raising and keeping of dogs – not include breeding or boarding.
c. Raising of chickens, for personal use whether or not incidental to agricultural activities, requirements are not to exceed eight (8) hens (female chickens). Roosters (male chickens) are prohibited. Containment on property is required.
d. Smaller “hobby” type animals such as rabbits, hares, etc – not to include those animals of such size or character as to normally be considered to be big game, e.g., lions, tigers, bears, etc., and not to include furbearing animals, e.g., mink, chinchilla, etc., except for rabbits.
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Marilyn Fahrenkrug, Clerk