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Century Moving Foward With Barnyard Animal Regulations
November 17, 2013
The Century Town Council is moving forward with an ordinance to deal with barnyard animals in the town limits.
Under the ordinance, it will be illegal to keep a horse, mule, donkey, goat, sheep, or cow within the town limits except in areas that are zoned agricultural or rural residential. Hogs are already prohibited in all areas of the town.
The ordinance set minimum lot sizes in the agricultural and rural residential areas in order to keep livestock. A minimum lot size of one acre per horse or donkey will be required, and a minimum lot size of one-half acre per goat will also be required.
Structures for livestock, such as barns, feed lots and stables, shall not be located within 200 feet of a dwelling belonging to another individual or within 200 feet of property that is zoned residential. In addition, all barnyard animals and livestock must be kept at least 200 feet from any property line.
The Century Town Council will hold a required first reading of the ordinance during their regular meeting tonight. A second reading and a public hearing will be held on December 2 before the council votes on making it law. Both meetings are open to the public at 7 p.m.
Pictured top: Century council members Ann Brooks (right) and Sandra McMurray Jackson (middle) listen to council member Jacke Johnston during a recent council meeting. NorthEscambia.com photo.
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5 Responses to “Century Moving Foward With Barnyard Animal Regulations”
I think when the council pays my land taxes then they can tell me what to do!!! If you are going to do this then they need to clean up the rest of the town too! Starting with some of their own homes and properties. Take a ride around town and look at the junk in these yards, pitiful. We are the laughing stock of the county. They also need to look into some of their own employees flying down these roads and “secretly” meeting folks!!!! Clean up the drugs and the folks doing it. We are a rural area but half the folks up here don’t pay taxes and the ones that do are the ones punished!!!!i could go on and on about the corrupt town.
to David….I gotta tell ya…I read your responses to alot of these stories and most of the time you are pretty much saying what most of us are thinking. This time you really hit the tickle button! I laughed so hard my wife thought I read a dirty joke. “Yes, tell us how the dumplings were”….not to mention the chickens!
REGARDING:
“the people moved and left the chickens. need i say more?”
Yes, tell us how the dumplings were
David for roosters in their place
Ban em. i had some neighbors that rented a house in century. they had chickens and roosters. they didnt stay in their yard. those roosters started crowing at 4 a m. the people moved and left the chickens. need i say more.
I think this is stupid. The town doesn’t pay the tax, house payment, ect, but they can tell you what you can and can not have on your own propery. You would think that we live in a big city with all of this going on. Last time I looked Century was just a small “farm” town.