SUBJECT
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Public Hearing (LDCT-2025-5 Chicken Coop Setbacks LDC Text Amendment) (Adoption Hearing) to reduce the setbacks for structures intended for the feeding and sheltering of livestock and fowl from 50 to 10 feet. (No Fiscal Impact)
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DESCRIPTION
This is the second reading for a County-initiated LDC Text Amendment to Section 222, to allow structures for the sheltering and feeding of livestock and fowl at ten feet from property lines; amending Chapter 9, Section 930, variances and special exceptions, to adjust for these changes; and amending Chapter 10 to provide for definitions. State law requires one Planning Commission hearing, which was held on April 2, 2025, with a recommendation of approval by a 4:3 vote.
Section 163.3202, Florida Statutes (F.S.) requires the Board to adopt Land Development Code (LDC) regulations consistent with the implementation of the Polk County Comprehensive Plan. Amendments to the LDC require two public hearings before the Board to be adopted. This is the second of the two hearings.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt.
FISCAL IMPACT
No Fiscal Impact.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ian Nance
Land Development
(863) 534-7621
ivannance@polk-county.net