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Hutchinson council approves rezoning at 503 Cloverdale Drive to allow limited farm animals after public debate
Summary
After public comment from the applicant and neighbors, Hutchinson City Council approved an ordinance rezoning 503 Cloverdale Drive from R4 to R1 with a protective overlay limiting animals (up to 10 goats or sheep and 1 horse or donkey); the case had six protest petitions within the protest area requiring a supermajority but council voted to approve.
Matt Williams, Hutchinson's director of community development, presented a request to rezone 503 Cloverdale Drive from R4 (Residential Neighborhood Conservation District) to R1 (Single-Family Suburban District) so the owner could keep goats, sheep and possibly one horse or donkey. Williams told council the property is just over two acres, located about 300 feet east of the west city limit, and that the planning commission recommended approval 5–0 with a protective overlay limiting uses to single-family and the number and type of farm animals (recommended: up to 10 goats or sheep and one horse or donkey).
Staff reported six valid protest petitions were received within the protest-calculation area, representing 61 percent of that area, which exceeds the…
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