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<br />R-13-05 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION <br />CONSIDER WHETHER THE CITY'S ZONING CODE SHOULD BE AMENDED <br />TO PERMIT THE CONFINED RAISING OF CHICKENS AND SUBMIT ITS <br />RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City's current Zoning Code does not permit the raising or <br />maintenance of chickens in certain areas of the City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, some citizens have requested amendment of the Zoning Code to <br />permit that activity in confined portions of residential areas; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Virginia Code Section 15.2-2285 requires that, prior to amendment <br />of a zoning code, a locality must refer the matter to its planning commission for the <br />commission's recommendations. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that it hereby requests that City's Planning Commission consider <br />the question of whether the raising and maintenance of chickens in confined residential <br />areas of the City should be permitted, and that the Commission make recommendations <br />to the City Council on said matter. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on February 12,2013. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />