An Ordinance By The Pasco County Board Of County Commissioners Amending The Pasco County Land Development Code; Creating Section 530.25; Backyard Chickens; And Other Sections, As Necessary, For Internal Consistency; Providing For Applicability; Repealer; Providing For Severability; Inclusion Into The Land Development Code, And An Effective Date.
What the county recorded
Staff recommendation
Approve
OutcomeAdopted
Approved to adopt by a roll call vote.
The source document
The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Nov 12, 2025
The published PDF, as served by the county. This item is one entry in it.
The county’s minutes for Board of County Commissioners, Nov 12, 2025
The published PDF, as served by the county. This item is one entry in it.
This case, across meetings
PDE-26-0001 in full →PDE-26-0001 was taken up 2 times between Oct 21, 2025 and Nov 12, 2025. This is appearance 2.
- Oct 21, 2025BoardP67▶No action
- Nov 12, 2025BoardP61▶Adoptedthis item
What was said
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Uh I think it's a no age. P sixty one?
P sixty one, we have uh for publication Tampa Bay Time September third, twenty twenty-five.
P sixty one is PDE twenty six zero zero zero one. This is an ordinance by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners amending the Pasco County Land Development Code, creating section five thirty point two five, Backyard Chickens, and other sections as necessary for internal consistency, providing for applicability, repealer, providing for severability, inclusion into the land development code, and an effective date. Uh this comes to you with a recommendation to adopt the proposed ordinance amendment by roll call vote and to accept public comment. We have a presentation if
so desired.
Well I think we heard the presentation already, but So I think we're good. What fourteen years coming or fifteen years for this darling? Yeah. Is there anyone in the public that wishes address our chicken ordinance?
Chairman Mariano did you take I just want to be clear that Your team took the bureaucracy out of having chickens, correct?
Yeah, well that uh
I mean chicken should be fun and somewhat easy to have and the original way made it cumbersome and Seemingly not very fun.
Afternoon Commissioner Oakley Hill, Planet Development, Economic Growth. The previous recommendation by the Board to remove the permit requirement has been removed. Thank you.
All right. So let's take a roll call vote. I need a motion first. Oh I did. I asked if anyone wants to speak about chickens.
Online.
No online. I can't take a motion.
I'm glad no one's
Roll call vote. No one's no one's here to detect about my chickens.
District one, Commissioner Oakley. Aye. District two, Commissioner Weightman. Aye. District four, Commissioner Yeager. Aye. District five, Commissioner Mariano. Aye. District three, Chairman Starkey.