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5.a Public hearing on draft ordinance regulating livestock and livestock operations and accessory structures444 Cedw 5lreel, 5vte 1500 Saint Paul, MN 55101 651 292,4400 tkda.com TKD Memorandum To: Scandia Planning Commission Copies To: Neil Soltis, City Administrator Brenda Eklund, City Clerk Reference: Keeping Domestic Fowl on Smaller Lots — Draft Ordinance for Public Hearing Project No.: 16623.000 From: Sherri Buss, RLA AICP, Routing: Planner Date: July 23, 2018 A City resident recently requested that Scandia consider allowing residents to have a number of chickens on lots smaller than five acres by adopting standards for this use rather than requiring the minimum lot size and setbacks that are required for keeping Livestock (minimum five acres). Many communities in Washington County and the Metro Area have adopted standards for keeping a small number of chickens. The Planning Commission discussed the issue at recent meetings, and developed a draft ordinance to permit keeping domestic fowl on smaller lots. The draft is attached for a public hearing scheduled on August 7. The Commission recommended that the City should not over -regulate this use, but should permit a variety of domestic fowl, and include requirements for the number of chickens and other domestic fowl permitted on smaller lots, required setbacks, and similar performance standards in the ordinance amendment. Highlights of the proposed ordinance include: • No permits are required for 5 domestic fowl or less. • The ordinance requires an Administrative permit for more than 5 domestic fowl, which would allow for a check on setbacks and other standards. • The maximum number of fowl permitted would be 5 chickens per acre on smaller parcels. • Roosters are prohibited, as well as Guineafowl and Peacocks. • The structure setbacks for residential structures apply to coops and pens, and a 20 -foot minimum distance must be maintained between coops and pens and residential buildings on adjacent properties. • Coop structures larger than 200 square feet require a building permit, and if electricity is provided, an electrical permit is required. • Domestic fowl should not become a nuisance, and the city may revoke the permit if the animals become a nuisance. • Added an item to the draft ordinance and to the Accessory Structure section to note that the parcel area of parcels in Shoreland Districts includes only the area above the Ordinary High Water Level (OHWL). An ernptoyeeowned cmpany prorminq clkrmalllye 1301 on aid equal uppo-rluWly