Planning board backs draft backyard‑chicken ordinance with recommended permit, training and setbacks
Board recommended approval of a draft ordinance allowing backyard hens on detached single‑family lots, asking staff to add a permit/registration, require UF/IFAS training, set minimum setbacks (5 ft rear/side or 20 ft to neighbor structure), restrict other fowl and remove on‑site slaughter language.
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The Planning & Zoning Board reviewed a staff‑drafted backyard‑chicken ordinance and voted to recommend it to the City Commission with substantive amendments: add a staff‑defined permit/registration process, make the University of Florida IFAS training mandatory (changed from recommended), specify minimum setbacks to protect neighbors, prohibit other types of fowl, and remove a prohibition on on‑site slaughter.
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