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Community Affairs and Parks Committee
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND PARKS COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
September 12, 2011 5: 00 p.m.; Conference Room #3
PRESENT
Councilmembers: Verna Seal, Chair; Joe Duffle and De'Sean Quinn
Staff: Shawn Hunstock, Nora Gierloff, and Kimberly Matej
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair Seal called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m.
I. PRESENTATIONS
No presentations.
II. BUSINESS AGENDA
A. Draft Ordinance: Reeulations Resardine Livestock, Small Animals and Fowl
At the August 22, 2011, Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Councilmembers were presented with
the following changes to the City's ordinance regarding regulations relating to minimum lot size
requirements for keeping chickens:
Reduces minimum lot sizes from 10,000 square feet to 6,500 square feet
Reduces property line and residence setbacks from 20 feet and 65 feet, respectively to 10 feet
Allows one chicken per 1,000 square feet of parcel area
Retains the limit of 12 small animals or fowl per 10,000 square feet of lot area
A citizen request was made during that COW for the Council to reconsider lowering lots sizes further from
6,500 feet. Council sent the draft ordinance back to Community Affairs Parks Committee for further
discussion after additional staff analysis.
Staff returned with changes to the draft ordinance which eliminates minimum lot size requirements, and
allows chicken as an accessory use. The other requirements outlined above remain in the ordinance.
Committee Members requested that staff emphasize the requirements that will remain in effect in the
information memo that is included in the City Council agenda packet. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
FORWARD TO SEPTMBER 26 COW FOR DISCUSSION.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Meeting adjourned at 5:16 p.m.
Next meeting: Monday, September 26, 2011 5:00 p.m. Conference Room #3
LCommittee Chair Approval
Min tes KAM. Reviewed by NG.