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Applicant asks council to rezone 0.2 acres in Lula Cross District to allow keeping geese, ducks and other birds
Summary
Patrick Price asked the Mecklenburg County Council to rezone a 0.2-acre parcel (ID 28894) from R2 to Agriculture to bring his kept birds and other animals into compliance with local zoning rules; no formal action was recorded in the transcript.
Patrick Price, the applicant, asked the Mecklenburg County Council to rezone about 0.2 acres he owns in the Lula Cross District (parcel ID 28894) from R2 to Agriculture so he can lawfully keep exotic parrots, ducks, geese and a small number of chickens on the property.
Price said he and his wife moved to the house in about 2013 and that he has kept birds as pets since about 1998. He told the council he discovered recently that his birds and certain domestic animals were not in compliance with local zoning regulations and submitted the rezoning application to “fix that.”
If approved, Price said the rezoning would allow him to keep animals he described as pets and domestic breeds —…
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