I met with the county food and advisory panel a while back and presented a whole proposal. It is on this site somewhere too :) hoping that helped with this whole movement!
Pasco County Florida: county legal is drafting a pilot program to allow backyard chickens. Contact your council member of the Pasco Food Advisory Council to be considered for this program. Chicken here are currently considered livestock and only allowed in agricultural properties.
Ok here is my UPDATED proposal and research. As of last week, our County agreed to move forward drafting a pilot program allowing backyard chickens in various parts of the county. Thank you to everyone for you input, challenges, and support! use this research and information! I hope it helps
See my reply below. I just got the green light from Pasco to move forward with a Backyard Chickens Pilot program!!! Contact the county, Food Advisory Council and Mary.
I just went to a Pasco Food Advisory Council meeting. They decided to approach Pasco Legal about starting a pilot program (yay!). This means they will select areas of Pasco to allow backyard chickens and see how the community responds. Attached is the proposal and research I submitted to get...
Alright!!! Here it is... ALL my research and proposal for our county. Thank you all for your advise and suggestions. I deeply value this community. Feel free to use this resource.
-Amy
Hey! I am going to meet with someone on the land and development team for Pasco next month to talk more about it. The ordinance just didn't pass last year by one vote! We are so close!
I posted this to gather everyones idea and help with research before the meeting...
Thank you SO much!!
I am a bit behind and actually had to postpone the meeting. This information helps tremendously. I will be rescheduling the meeting for next month. I gathered feedback, like yours, and research and will post all that here when I am complete so many others who may want to take...
I had to push back the meeting but glad I did! I am putting together a document based on the comments and suggestions here as well as from other research. I will try to post it here tonight or tomorrow and reschedule my meeting for August.
Thank you! Yes I am also putting together a document based upon the feedback here and additional research. I will be sure to post it when I am done. I had to postpone my meeting with the county land and development team. I will call tomorrow to schedule a new meeting :) Good luck to you as well!
I appreciate the feedback. Yes I agree I have lived in residential neighborhoods where chickens ... no matter how well kept would have been a terrible ideas. The houses were on top of each other. If dogs barked in my neighbors house I could hear them in mine!
Trying to see what regulations and...
Hello my fellow backyard chicken friends.
I am meeting with county officials next week to discuss backyard chickens. Currently poultry are only allowed in agriculturally zoned areas. (Backyard chickens only hasn't passed bc of 1 vote!) I am asking for your research and knowledge on this topic...