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Prince George board sends backyard-chicken proposal back to Planning Commission to allow hens on smaller lots
Summary
After public outreach and Planning Commission review, supervisors directed the commission to draft a zoning-ordinance amendment to allow up to six hens on residential lots smaller than 2 acres and to consider enforcement improvements; the board voted to initiate the ordinance change.
The Board of Supervisors directed the Planning Commission to prepare a zoning ordinance amendment to allow backyard hens on typical residential lots after a multi-month public outreach effort and a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation.
Planner Tim Graves summarized the review: prior to 2014 poultry were not permitted in residential zoning; a 2014 amendment allowed poultry only on parcels at least 2 acres. Public outreach in 2024 drew 687 online survey responses and public listening sessions; roughly…
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