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First off, hello everyone, I've been lurking all over this site for the past week, planning and learning about chickens
. Finally, I decided to suck it up and join, and was hoping to get some help deciphering my ordinances. I recently moved to Delano, Mn, and it is a pretty rural-ish town. Our lot is less than half an acre, so we wouldn't be interested in more than a handful of chickens. I have done some research, and called the zoning people, but they weren't very helpful. As far as I am aware of, we don't have a HOA yet, because our development is not yet finished.
These are some documents I have been able to find: (Writing this after typing up the below, but we live in the little hangy downy thing that is coming off the south-west end of Delano)
Zoning Maps
Delano
http://www.delano.mn.us/Maps/ZoningMap_Feb08.pdf
We are inside of city limits, and classified as R-3
Wright County
http://www.co.wright.mn.us/forms/pandz/Wright County Zoning Map.pdf
we are R-2a here it looks like, so Suburban Residential. There is a section keeping us from having livestock or poultry on land less than 4 acres. But, other cities in wright county can have chickens so I don't know. ( Again writing after, Delano is North of the bottom right hand corner, you will have to zoom in (ctrl +)
Residential Districts Ordinances. [/u]
If I'm not blind, looking at the Delano Zoning map it seems pretty clear that we are R-3. Possibly it has been updated since then, but the zoning people told me we are R-1.
R-3 Ordinances
http://www.delano.mn.us/City_Codes_and_Ordinances/zoning_ordinance/Sec_51-09_R-3_District.pdf
R-1 Ordinances
http://www.delano.mn.us/City_Codes_and_Ordinances/zoning_ordinance/Sec_51-07_R-1_District.pdf
The one thing that I have seen that seems helpful is from the SECTION 51.01. TITLE / APPLICATION / RULES / DEFINITIONS Subd A section 6 (sorry about caps, I had to copy-paste)
This one says : Uses Not Provided for Within Zoning Districts. Whenever in any zoning district, a use is neither specifically permitted nor denied, the use shall be considered prohibited. In such case, the City Council on their own initiative or upon request, may conduct a study to determine if the use is acceptable and if so, what zoning district would be most appropriate and the determination as to conditions and standards relating to development of the use. The City Council or property owner, upon receipt of the staff study, shall, if appropriate, initiate an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to provide for the particular use under consideration or shall find that the use is not compatible for development within the City.
This is all the information I have found up to this point. Thank you for reading, and for any and all help. Also sorry for not being able to supply much more information, but if you ask for something I'll try my best to find more.(Sorry about the tons of parenthesis and mega post as well)
These are some documents I have been able to find: (Writing this after typing up the below, but we live in the little hangy downy thing that is coming off the south-west end of Delano)
Zoning Maps
Delano
http://www.delano.mn.us/Maps/ZoningMap_Feb08.pdf
We are inside of city limits, and classified as R-3
Wright County
http://www.co.wright.mn.us/forms/pandz/Wright County Zoning Map.pdf
we are R-2a here it looks like, so Suburban Residential. There is a section keeping us from having livestock or poultry on land less than 4 acres. But, other cities in wright county can have chickens so I don't know. ( Again writing after, Delano is North of the bottom right hand corner, you will have to zoom in (ctrl +)
Residential Districts Ordinances. [/u]
If I'm not blind, looking at the Delano Zoning map it seems pretty clear that we are R-3. Possibly it has been updated since then, but the zoning people told me we are R-1.
R-3 Ordinances
http://www.delano.mn.us/City_Codes_and_Ordinances/zoning_ordinance/Sec_51-09_R-3_District.pdf
R-1 Ordinances
http://www.delano.mn.us/City_Codes_and_Ordinances/zoning_ordinance/Sec_51-07_R-1_District.pdf
The one thing that I have seen that seems helpful is from the SECTION 51.01. TITLE / APPLICATION / RULES / DEFINITIONS Subd A section 6 (sorry about caps, I had to copy-paste)
This one says : Uses Not Provided for Within Zoning Districts. Whenever in any zoning district, a use is neither specifically permitted nor denied, the use shall be considered prohibited. In such case, the City Council on their own initiative or upon request, may conduct a study to determine if the use is acceptable and if so, what zoning district would be most appropriate and the determination as to conditions and standards relating to development of the use. The City Council or property owner, upon receipt of the staff study, shall, if appropriate, initiate an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to provide for the particular use under consideration or shall find that the use is not compatible for development within the City.
This is all the information I have found up to this point. Thank you for reading, and for any and all help. Also sorry for not being able to supply much more information, but if you ask for something I'll try my best to find more.(Sorry about the tons of parenthesis and mega post as well)
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