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Pasco County board adopts relaxed backyard-chicken rules; permit and mandatory course removed
Summary
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners approved a code change allowing up to four hens (no roosters) on owner-occupied properties, removed a permit requirement and struck a mandatory UF/IFAS certification course after board direction. The ordinance sets coop size and nuisance controls and permits code-compliance monitoring.
The Pasco County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt an ordinance allowing residents to keep up to four hens on owner-occupied properties while prohibiting roosters and establishing coop-size, placement and sanitation standards.
Amanda Hill, Planning, Development & Economic Growth, summarized the ordinance’s code changes and said the proposal would create a new article in chapter 14 regulating backyard chickens, coops and disease-management procedures. The ordinance originally…
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