Chesapeake Extends Rules on Backyard Chickens

City of Chesapeake

“Small flocks of chickens will continue to be welcome in residential neighborhoods. The City Council voted Tuesday to make permanent an ordinance it adopted a year ago allowing residents to keep up to six hens, but no roosters, in backyard enclosures. Without the action, the ordinance would have expired Dec. 20. The 6-3 vote followed a public hearing dominated by proponents who described chickens as ‘great pets’ and ‘good neighbors’ who cause few of the problems of more traditional family pets.”

~Writes Jeff Sheler of the Pilot

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Winchester Receives an Urban Planning Development Grant

City of Winchester

“A crucial element for implementing the vision within the Comprehensive Plan will be to substantially revise and/or re-write the City’s Zoning Ordinance, immediately after the adoption of the plan. The City recently applied for and was awarded an Urban Development Area Planning Grant in the amount of $50,000. The funding will be utilized to partner with the planning consultants to develop the necessary revisions to the City’s Zoning Ordinance to effectuate the principles of New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Design.”

~Writes the Winchester Daily-Monitor

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