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Stanton council agrees to study session on homesteading rules
Summary
Council Member Torres asked the council to hold a study session to review Stanton's ordinances on homesteading (backyard livestock, beekeeping and related uses); the council gave consensus to schedule the study session and staff noted code or zoning updates may be required.
Council Member Torres told the Stanton City Council that other cities have updated ordinances around homesteading and asked the body to schedule a study session to review Stanton's rules on backyard livestock, beekeeping and similar uses.
"I would really appreciate a study session so we could all understand what would be the long term benefits to this and also just giving our residents an alternative," Torres said, citing examples such as chickens and beekeeping and describing benefits for household food production.
Council members discussed whether changes would require zoning or code updates. The city attorney responded that changes would likely require amendments to the municipal code and could affect swaths of properties, not just individual parcels. After discussion, the council gave consensus to hold the requested study session; no formal ordinance was adopted at the meeting.
What happens next: staff will schedule a study session to review applicable code sections and potential zoning implications, and will report back with options for council consideration.
