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Council adopts changes to UDO to allow regulated backyard poultry after heated public hearing
Summary
After extended public comment and council discussion, Riverside adopted Ordinance 260880 (text revisions permitting backyard poultry under registration and deed-restriction protections) and Ordinance 260881 (corresponding zoning map); 260880 passed 6–1, with Councilmember Gaby voting no.
Riverside City Council adopted two ordinances Monday updating the city’s Unified Development Ordinance to include provisions for backyard poultry and the corresponding zoning map.
Ordinance 260880 (the UDO text) incorporated council-directed revisions to permit small-scale poultry under a registration system. Council discussed a deed-restriction map that would prevent permits in neighborhoods where restrictive covenants…
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