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12-3586 � <br /> November 14,2012 <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br /> Residential districts, that use had been a conditional use only allowed via a CUP. Ordinance <br /> 82 eliminated the allowance for farm animals in R-lA and R-1B; continued it as a <br /> conditional use in the LR- districts; and continued it as an accessory use in the RR- districts. <br /> However, the revised text language in the RR- accessory use sections incorrectly duplicated <br /> word-for-word the revised language in the LR- conditional use sections that reads as follows: <br /> Keeping of farm animals for noncommercial purposes and for the use of the <br /> occupants of premises,provided that: (emphasis addec� <br /> a. Where the applicant requests a conditional use permit to keep horses, there must <br /> be at least one acre for the dwelling and two acres of open pasture for the first <br /> horse. If the applicant requests a conditional use permit to keep more than one <br /> horse, the property must have one additional acre of open pasture for each <br /> additional horse. Calculations of minimum pasture acreage shall not include any <br /> land defined as a wetland or wetland buffer under Section 78-1602. When horses <br /> are kept stabled and do not require pasture for feed purposes, the minimum <br /> pasture requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the CounciL <br /> b. Where the applicant requests a conditional use permit to keep farm animals other <br /> than horses, there must be at least one acre for the dwelling and one acre for each <br /> animal unit. Calculations of minimum acreage required shall not include any land <br /> defined as a wetland or wetland buffer under Section 78-1602. <br /> Clearly the intent of allowing property owners to keep horses as an accessory use means they <br /> do not have to apply for a conditional use permit. We would offer the following revised <br /> language for the RR- district farm animal accessory use provisions in Sections 78-394 (RR- <br /> lA), 78-419 (RR-1B) and 78-443 (RR-1B-1): <br /> Keeping of farm animals for noncommercial purposes and for the use of the <br /> occupants of premises,provided that: <br /> a. �n,,,.,, .�� ,. r�;.....�* .. �..f.. „ ,�a;t;,,,�,.� , �;f+,. >>eor For the keepin� of <br /> horses, there must be at least one acre for the dwelling and two acres of open <br /> pasture for the first horse. '�*'� � „';�~,�' , ��*° ~ �^';t;^�^' ° °;` +� <br /> �ee� For the keepin� of more than one horse, the properly must have one <br /> additional acre of open pasture for each additional horse. Calculations of <br /> minimum pasture acreage shall not include any land defined as a wetland or <br /> wetland buffer under Section 78-1602. When horses are kept stabled and do not <br /> require pasture for feed purposes, the minimum pasture requirement may be <br /> adjusted at the discretion of the Council. <br /> b. For the keeping of <br /> farm animals other than horses, there must be at least one acre for the dwelling <br /> and one acre for each animal unit. Calculations of minimum acreage required <br /> shall not include any land defined as a wetland or wetland buffer under Section <br /> 78-1602. <br />