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Yuma County board asks planning commission to draft zoning changes to allow backyard chickens on lots under half-acre
Summary
County staff presented proposed changes to align the zoning code with a new state law allowing up to six chickens on lots ½ acre or smaller; the board voted to send the text amendment back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for formal initiation.
YUMA — The Yuma County Board of Supervisors on Monday directed staff to send a proposed text amendment to the county zoning ordinance to the Planning and Zoning Commission that would allow residents on lots of one-half acre or smaller to keep up to six chickens and adopt related controls.
Senior planner Richard Moulia said the changes respond to a state law and would allow counties to add restrictions the statute permits. “The state passed a law stipulating that a county cannot prohibit residents of a single family…
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