Purse explains county staff understands why backyard chicken keeping is important to residents.
“In the effort to have an additional conversation on the topic, staff will be holding an informal meeting to discuss issues related with the keeping of chickens on residential areas and the current zoning ordinance,” the letter reads. today in the work session room of Building D at 101 Mounts Bay Road. Currently, chickens are allowed to be kept in the county’s rural residential and agricultural districts only some residents what the allowed area to be expanded.Ĭounty Zoning Administrator Jason Purse sent a letter to some chicken owners and interested citizens July 2 to invite them to a meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Berkeley Supervisor Mary Jones asked county staff to look at suggested ordinance changes, which model those enacted in York County in 2011, and schedule a meeting between staff or the board members and chicken keepers. James City County has called a discussion meeting for county backyard chicken keepers and people interested in keeping chickens in response to public dissent against the current laws at the June 25 Board of Supervisors meeting.Īt the June 25 meeting, six residents spoke in favor of keeping chickens during the public comment period.
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