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Honorable Mayor and Melubers ot-the City Council: BACKGROUND The keeping ot- fovvl is a conditionally penuitted use in One-Faluily Residential (R-l) districts, A conditional use permit can be approved by the Planning COlumission provided the use is consistent vvith the provisions of Section 736, Miscellaneous Anilual Regulations, of the Pleasanton Municipal Code (PMC), and iftheOconditional use application lueets the required use penuit findings ofPMC Section 1801240 The Code prohibits the keeping or maintenance of any aniluals in such luanner, nUluber, or kind as to cause daluage or hazard to persons or property in the vicinity or to generate otTensive noise, dust, or odor. Recently the City has received several requests to process a conditional use permit to keep chickens as pets and for related 4-H Club projects, The City has been processing conditional use permits for the keeping of chickens ~ithin the R-l residential districts and, thus far, the Planning Comluission has approved tvvo use penuitso The conditional use penuit process for these t~o applications varied significantlyo The impact chickens had at both locations ~as determined to be very little; hovvever, staff found the use permit process turned into a forulu to discuss other neighborhood issues, unrelated in lUOSt cases to the chickenso During the processing of the use penuits, the Planning COIUluission requested additional information related to the required process for a potential Code aluendment allo~ing chickens to be kept in One-Family Residential districtso Additionally, the City Council requested that stan-process a Code aluendluent that ~ould allo~ chickens to be kept in these zoning districts, On Deceluber 14,2005, by a 5-to-0 vote, the Planning COIUluission reCOlUluended approval of the proposed Code aluendluents to allovv, as a penuitted use, the keeping of up to six hens in R-l Residential zoning districts if certain criteria are lueto PROJECT DESCRIPTION Staff is proposing aluendluents to the Pleasanton Municipal Code in order to cOluply ""vith the direction of both the City Council and the Planning COIUluission. These aluendments ~ould permit the keeping of up to six feluale chickens, no roosters or capons, and allovv them to be kept as pets in a One-Faluily Residential district if certain standards are lueto The approval process vvould be an 'over the counter' process that vvould rely on an applicant producing an adequate level of infonuation confinuing the proposed standards ~ould be lueto In this luanner, a streamlined, luinisterial process ~ould allo~ the keeping of chickens as a permitted use vvithout the need for a public hearing at the Planning Commissiono SR 06:015 Page 2 of7