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DeLand planning board backs code change to allow up to four backyard hens
Summary
The City of DeLand Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a Land Development Regulation amendment (LDR 25-41) to allow up to four hens in specified single‑family zones, with performance standards and a $100 permit (50% reduction after training). The measure will go to the City Commission for two readings in July and August.
The City of DeLand Planning Board voted June 11 to recommend approval of LDR 25-41, a code amendment that would allow urban or backyard chickens in specified single‑family residential zoning districts subject to permit and performance standards.
Staff presented the proposal as an exception to the municipal code prohibition on keeping livestock, adding a new Section 33‑27.06 to allow a maximum of four hens in RR, R, R1, R1AA, R1A and R1B zoning districts. The draft ordinance would bar roosters and other poultry (ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl), prohibit selling eggs or breeding, and require coops and enclosures to be located in…
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