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York County planning panel approves ordinance changes to allow ducks and adjust setback process for backyard poultry
Summary
The York County Planning Commission on Feb. 12 approved text amendments to the county zoning ordinance to add ducks to permitted backyard poultry, allow such keeping in certain planned developments, and shift reduced-setback requests from a special-use permit to a variance process.
The York County Planning Commission voted Feb. 12 to approve text amendments to the county zoning ordinance that add ducks to permitted residential poultry, permit chickens and ducks on occupied detached single-family homes in Planned Development (PD) districts, and remove the special-use-permit option for reduced setbacks for poultry enclosures.
Planning staff said the amendments would amend Section 24.1-4.14.1 of the York County Zoning Ordinance to allow ducks in addition to chickens and to treat requests for reduced setbacks as variance requests to the Board of Zoning and Subdivision Appeals rather than as special-use permits. "The addition of ducks as a backyard poultry keeping activity would not have any more impact on the county's neighborhoods than chicken keeping alone," planning staff member Anderson said during…
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