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HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2181-14 Amend 6-93 - Three Acres Required for Farm Animals SPONSOR(S): Snyder Seidensticker ORDINANCE. D-2181-14 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL,INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6,ARTICLE 5, DIVISION III, SECTION 6-93 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE TO PERMIT CERTAIN URBAN CHICKENS WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana ("Council"), has, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-1-4-11, adopted an ordinance restricting the maintenance of chickens within the City's corporate limits; and WHEREAS, the raising of urban chickens has become increasingly popular in the United States and Canada, and has numerous personal and societal benefits; and WHEREAS, the main objections to urban chickens — odor, noise, and aesthetics — can all be overcome by limiting the number of chickens allowed, by prohibiting roosters, and by requiring the hens to be housed in the back yard of a lot only; and WHEREAS, the City currently permits three (3) chickens to be kept on any lot located in a non- agricultural aria of the City, but does not prohibit roosters, and does not expressly limit the housing of chickens to the back yard; and WHEREAS, it is now prudent to allow no more than six (6) female chickens to be kept on any lot located within,:the City's corporate limits, require the hens to be kept in the back yard of a lot, and to require roosters to be kept only in a City agricultural (AG-1)primary zoning district. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana as follows: Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are incorporated herein by reference. This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Carmel City Attorney, on July 30 at 4:52 p.m. No subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr.Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise. SPONSOR(S): Snyder Seidensticker Section 2. Chapter 6, Article 5, Division III, Section 6-93 should be and the same is hereby AMENDED to read as follows: "§ 6-93 Three Acres Required for Farm Animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain cows, swine, chickens, horses, sheep, goats or ducks within the limits of the City in any area consisting of less than three (3) acres, except in an Agricultural District. This Section shall not apply to the maintenance of horses for riding purposes at authorized stables. This Section shall also not apply to the maintenance of no more than six (6) female chickens in the backyard of any lot located within a non-agricultural area of the City. This exception shall not apply to roosters, who may only be kept within the City's corporate limits in an agricultural (AG-1) primary zoning district." Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and signing by the Mayor and such publication as is required by law. PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana,this It.. day of , 2014,by a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays. COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF ARMEL to residing Officer evin D. Rider 4 / / . E eidensticker, Presi ent Pro Tempore Carol Schleif O'�,�� G NOT P (Les E ri-F- a 4, . Carter Richard L. Sharp a Oa T 9 c2-cSE1J1---- S e , nkam Luci Snyder Ordinance D-2181-14 Page Two of Three Pages ATTEST: This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Carmel City Attorney, on July 30 at 4:52 p.m. No subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr. Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise. SPONSOR(S): Snyder Seidensticker / / 0 Diana L. Cordray, • C, Cler -Treasurer -. Presented by me to the Mayor of th= Sty of Carmel, Indiana this 18 day of 2014, at 6.=SS I� .M. Ir ,A % �/ =' Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, 1 erk-Treasurer Approved by me, the Mayor of the City of Cannel, Indiana, this )g day of SS 2014, at fo• p .M. l es Brainard,Mayor ATTESA Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk- G easurer Ordinance D-2181-14 Page Three of Three Pages This Ordinance was prepared by Douglas C. Haney, Cannel City Attorney, on July 30 at 4:52 p.m.No subsequent revision to this Ordinance has been reviewed by Mr.Haney for legal sufficiency or otherwise.