Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all zoning districts
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum beehives2 stands
no more than two beehive stands
- Maximum chickens6 hens
no more than a total of six chicken hens or chicks
- Maximum pen area128 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Chickens shall be kept in a fully enclosed, secure area not to exceed a total of 128 square feet
- Minimum coop area per hen2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Pens shall include a coop (enclosed structure) containing a minimum of two square foot per hen
- Minimum run area per hen8 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
an open run area containing a minimum of eight square feet per hen
- Permit fee25 dollars
require a $25.00 fee
- Permit required
with an approved urban agriculture zoning permit
not be valid for the keeping of roosters, ducks, geese, quail, turkeys, ostriches, peacocks, or any other nondomesticated pet
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent dwellings50 ft
50 feet from dwellings on adjacent properties
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines15 ft
Pens and beehive stands shall have setbacks of 15 feet from all property lines
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way
no closer to the street right-of-way than the primary dwelling
From the ordinance
The Town of Christiansburg may allow the keeping of no more than a total of six chicken hens or chicks and no more than two beehive stands in association with one single-family residence...