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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />July 16, 2009 <br /> <br />Domestic Livestock <br /> <br />Back2round: <br /> <br />City Council has directed the staff and the Planning and Zoning Commission to consider <br />the land ratio with the number of animals allowed per acre in La Porte. The purpose is to <br />justify the provisions of the current ordinance and to provide clarification. Currently two <br />grazing animals are allowed per acre and an owner must have one acre. <br /> <br />Staff analyzed the situation, researched, and checked with the neighboring cities and <br />presenting this item to the Planning and Zoning Commission for discussion and further <br />guidance to Staff for possible changes to the Code of Ordinances relating to the keeping <br />of domestic livestock in La Porte. <br /> <br />Existinl! Requirements: <br /> <br />Section 106-742 of the Code of Ordinances allows for two grazing animals (cows, horses, <br />hogs, sheep, goats etc.) <br /> <br />Analvsis: <br /> <br />Staffs research shows that neighboring cities regulate livestock operations in <br />agricultural and conservation zones, and prohibit the keeping of livestock in residential <br />zones. Some cities have different requirements for different types of animals. <br /> <br />City Minimum No. of No. of Buffer Zone - Minimum <br /> Acreage Animals Fowl distance from other <br /> residence or dwellin2 <br />L a Porte 1 2 n/a 25ft <br />Deer Park 5 2 12 150ft <br />B~own n/a n/a n/a 300ft <br />League City 5 4 n/a 50ft <br />Webster 2 n/a 100 250ft <br />Friendswood 5 2 n/a 100ft <br />Pasadena 10 n/a n/a 50ft <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br />