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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Despite Arduous Process, BOCS to Vote on Fowl Amendment

BOCS regular Sept. 14 meeting will vote on fowl amendment and self-storage containers.

Update: In an e-mail to citizens, Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe notified community members that the BOCS will not vote on the chicken amendment this evening, but will defer it to a work session on Sept. 1 and a public hearing on Oct. 5. The long-debated countywide "chicken amendment," as it has been deemed, will finally be brought to another vote by the Prince William County Board of Supervisors tonight. What began over six months ago is now coming before the board for a potential final vote. After two language revisions requested by the board from public hearings held on Feb. 3 and Aug. 10, the amendment requested for article III of the Agricultural and Residential Districts - Part 300 will include the following changes, if …

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Where "Fowl" Art Thou? Chickens and Other Birds Might Live on Woodbridge Residences

Planning Commission Meets to Amend Fowl Ordinances and Zoning

Prince William County Planning Commission will hold its first September meeting on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the McCoart Administration Building. Items that will be discussed at the public hearing include another cell phone company "collocation" on a water tower, an amendment to a zoning rule for fowl on private residences and a building height modification for Harvest Life Changers church. Pending the result of Wednesday's meeting, Prince William County residents may be able to have a variety of fowl on their property if Article III of the Prince William County Zoning Ordinance is amended. As it stands now, the article does not allow farm animals to be used in accessory with residential districts. Farm animals are defined as cows, pigs, hogs…

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