HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2013-359CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION No. 2013-359
RESOLUTION AFFIRMING CITY STAFF'S INTERPRETATION OF THE CITY'S ZONING
ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO KEEPING OF PIGEONS (201 3102)
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2013, Valeriy Partyka requested an appeal of the
interpretation that pigeons are not domestic animals.
WHEREAS, when hearing an appeal, the City Council acts in its capacity as the Board of
Adjustments and Appeals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does
affirm City staff s interpretation of the Plymouth Zoning Ordinance regarding the keeping of
pigeons:
1. The pigeons owned by Valeriy Partyka are kept in an outdoor coop.
2. City staff correctly interpreted the applicable provisions of the Plymouth Zoning
Ordinance regarding the keeping of pigeons as the ordinance states that domestic animals
only include birds that can be contained within a principal stricture throughout the entire
year, provided that containment can be accomplished without special modification to the
stricture requiring a building permit from the city.
ADOPTED by the Plymouth City Council on November 12, 2013.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on November 12, 2013, with the original thereof on file in my office, and
the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the corporate seal of the city this 12th day
of November, 2013.
City Clerk