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Report regarding proposed Zoning Text Amendments to Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code provisions regulating Animal Keeping (Section 20.350.007) to update beekeeping regulations to expand where beekeeping is permitted as an accessory use to all zoning districts and to broaden performance standards related to beekeeping and determining that the proposed Zoning amendments are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Cecelia Mariscal, Associate Planner)
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MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. Move to determine the proposed Zoning amendments are exempt from CEQA.
2. Move to adopt the Resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance amending the beekeeping regulations in Title 20 of the City's Municipal Code.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing and take the following actions:
1. Move to find that the proposed Zoning amendments are categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines ?15308.
2. Move to adopt the attached Resolution recommending that the City Council adopt an Ordinance amending Title 20 (Zoning) of the South San Francisco Municipal Code regarding provisions regulating beekeeping.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) Title 20, Section 20.350.007 (Animal Keeping) currently regulates animal keeping in residential districts, and includes required performance standards, such as the type and number of animals permitted. Section 20.350.007 defines "household pets" and "domestic animals," and allows them to be kept as an "accessory use to a primary single-unit detached dwelling" subject to requirements restricting the number of domestic animals (chicken, hens, rabbits, guinea pigs or similar small animals) that can be kept depending on lot size, permitting requirements which apply to livestock, and where animal shelters can be placed on a lot.
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