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Council approves first reading to add animal-keeping overlay on 10.03-acre parcel
Summary
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 1132 to rezone a ~10.03-acre parcel to R-175 medium-lot residential with an animal-keeping overlay, allowing certain large animals per acre and setting containment/grazing distances; applicant said replatting is intended to facilitate a sale and that animal keeping is historic on-site.
The Johnston City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 1132 to rezone approximately 10.03 acres from AR (Agricultural Reserve) and R-100 to R-175 (medium-lot residential) with an animal-keeping (AK) overlay.
City planning staff said the property was annexed in 2019 and described the history of plats and prior rezonings. The AK overlay permits large animals such as horses, bovine, sheep and goats at a rate of one to two adult animals per acre as described by staff, with additional allowances for poultry and rabbits (up to six and an incremental allowance per additional half acre, to a maximum of 24). Staff also noted requirements that animals be contained in secure enclosures and limited grazing distances — grazing allowed up to 50 feet from dwellings and 100 feet from potable wells.
Applicant representative Eric Keenan (Snyder & Associates) said the action was intended to adjust a property line to facilitate a sale rather than create a new subdivision, and noted the barn pre-dated the house and that animal keeping is historic on the parcel. Council asked about potential lot yields (staff estimated roughly three lots) and environmental questions including whether Beaver Creek is considered a potable water source; staff deferred that technical question to watershed representatives.
Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 1132 by roll call.
