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Council Minutes of 04-16-2013 one acre lot requirement was amended to remove the section pertaining to =-~ nuisance conditions, only prohibit domestic farm animals on properties less than 3/4 of one acre of land and amended the list of prohibited animals and exempted 5 or less chickens on properties that are less than 3/4 of one acre of land. These changes were welcomed by many of the residents, though several still had concerns regarding the restrictions. Council heard from many additional residents and members of 4H clubs regarding the proposed restrictions. While these restrictions were lessened from the original version of the ordinance, members of the 4H clubs were requesting the city to reconsider the Ordinance and adopt various other guidelines for raising farm animals on domestic properties. These guidelines are useful in other circumstances, but did not adequately deal with the present issue of possessing numerous and varied types of domestic farm animals on residential properties having less than '/a of an acre of land. A motion was made and passed 2-0 to hold this legislation in committee. The meeting adjourned at 8:51 p.m. • The Public Safety Committee met for the final time to discuss Ordinance No. 2013-17, on March 11, 2013, at 7:04 p.m. Present were committee members Williamson and Schumann; Council members Brossard, Barker, Schumann, Orlowski and Kearney; Law Director Gareau and guests. The committee heard from several individuals, including 4H groups and an advocate from the Council on Arab-Islamic Relations of Ohio regarding the current proposal. Again, it was requested that this committee continue the discussions of adopting Less restrictive "~ guidelines to accommodate each of these organizations. The committee heard ~ from residents who currently have more than the proposed number of chickens on properties less than 3/4 of one acre of land. The Law Director disagreed with the suggestion that this particular piece of legislation is discriminatory toward any particular individual. He advised that the Ordinance is neutral on its face and is a law of general applicability. It is an ordinance that was designed to address the legitimate public safety concerns of odor and noise associated with raising animals on small parcels of property, in very close proximity to adjacent parcels of land. The committee voted 2-0 in favor of holding the proposed ordinance in committee to allow the Law Director to review additional recommendations. The meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m. Tonight, we will have the Ordinance before us for consideration with the following amendments: The increase of chickens up to a total of ten for lot sizes smaller than 3/4 of an acre. Additionally, the "fowl" limitation was removed. The section as it concerns "fowl" is now limited to regulations on ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys only for lots under'/4 of an acre. Councilwoman Williamson made a motion to remove Ordinance 2013-17 from committee and place it on this evening's agenda for second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilman Schumann and passed unanimously. Ordinance 2013-17 removed from committee and placed on agenda for second reading 7-0. Councilwoman Williamson made a motion to amend Ordinance 2013-I7 by changing the lot size requirements, removing the emergency clause, removed the word "or" between domestic and farm animals in the third Whereas clause, in Section 1 under 505.19(a) in 5