Article 5: Allowing the Keeping of Domesticated Chickens

Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 4 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Hampton Zoning Ordinance as follows?

Amend Article III – Use Regulations. Add New Section 3.17a to allow the keeping of domesticated chickens (with Building Department approval) in the RAA, RA, RB, and G zoning districts only. A cross-reference to a new Article XX is also included. Add New Article XX – Keeping of Domesticated Chickens to provide a purpose statement and a detailed set of standards involving permitted locations (minimum 10,000 square foot residentially used lots in the RAA, RA, RB, and G zoning districts only), the number and type of chickens permitted (up to eight chickens and no roosters), use limitations (personal use only by the resident owner of the dwelling), and requirements for henhouses and fenced areas. Also, re-number existing Article XX (to XXI), existing Article XXI (to XXII), and existing Article XXII (to XXIII) to accommodate the proper insertion of New Article XX. 

What it means: Currently, the keeping of chickens is not allowed.  This Ordinance would set out the parameters for domestic (not commercial) raising of chickens, thus allowing it with certain restrictions.

No one spoke for or against this article at the Deliberative Session, other than to explain it.