TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on June 7, 2023, which begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan.
The item to be considered at this public hearing is the Township-proposed amendment of §220-5-3.H. of the Rutland Charter Township Code (Zoning) pertaining to special land use approval for the keeping of livestock on a non-commercial basis accessory to a dwelling in the “CR” Country Residential District, to add a new subsection 5 thereto prohibiting roosters and requiring otherwise permissible chickens to at all times be confined to a chicken coop or otherwise enclosed structure and not allowed to free range.
The Rutland Charter Township Code, Master Plan, and the tentative text of the above-referenced proposed zoning text amendment(s), may be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting.
The Planning Commission reserves the right to modify the proposed amendment(s) at or following the hearing/meeting and to make its recommendations accordingly to the Township Board.
Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below.
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Robin Hawthorne, Clerk
Rutland Charter Township
2461 Heath Road
Hastings, Michigan 49058
(269) 948-2194
