We need your chicken ordinances!
Fri, 04/04/2008 - 03:31
Howdy chicken keepers! We are working hard to research and add more ordinances to our site, but its quite time consuming.
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City of Royal Oak Michigan allows chickens:
Must not be allowed to roam "free range" unconfined. Pens/coops must be clean.
No excessive noise.
No limits on hens or roosters.
http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/codebook_frameset.asp?ep=fs&t=ws&cb=2...
ARTICLE I Chickens and Fowl at Large [Adopted 1-27-1919 by Ord. No. 84]
§ 195-1. Running at large prohibited. [Amended 1-24-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit any chickens or other fowls owned by them or in their possession or under their control to run at large within the corporate limits of the City of Royal Oak.
§ 195-2. Violations and penalties.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $25, or, in default of the payment of such fine, the offender shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 60 days unless such fine is sooner paid.
http://www.e-codes.generalcode.com/codebook_frameset.asp?ep=fs&t=ws&cb=2...
§ 484-13. Keeping of pets.
No person shall harbor or keep any animal, bird, bee, or pet, which causes annoyance in the neighborhood either by: A. Barking, howling, braying, crowing, or making other sounds common to its species.
B. Failure of the owner, caretaker, or custodian to maintain in a clean and sanitary condition devoid of rodents and vermin and free from objectionable odor, all structures, pens, coops, or yards wherein any animal, fowl or bee is kept.
C. Failure of the owner, caretaker, or custodian to keep the said animal confined on his own premises.
D. In the case of bees, stinging or molesting any person.
§ 484-14. Keeping of livestock; removal of animals. A. No person shall keep any livestock, or any other animals, in the City in such a manner as to become a public nuisance. No person shall keep any horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs or similar animals in the City without first obtaining a permit therefor. Application for such permit shall be made to the City Clerk upon blanks furnished for the purpose. Such application shall state the location where such livestock or other animal is to be kept and describe the conditions under which the same shall be kept. Such permit shall be granted by the City Commission only after investigation and recommendation by the Chief Inspector. No permit shall be issued for the keeping of any such livestock or animal except where it appears that the keeping of such livestock or animals is not likely to create a public nuisance. If at any time it appears that the keeping of any such livestock or animals creates a public nuisance, the City Manager, Health Officer or Chief Inspector may, whether or not a permit has been issued, order the owner or keeper to abate the nuisance or remove such livestock or animals from the City, and if he fails to do so within seven days after he has been served with said notice, the City Manager, Health Officer or Chief Inspector may summarily remove said animals and abate said nuisance.
B. The owner or keeper of any stable where horses or any kind of livestock are kept, or of any chicken house, rabbit hutch, or any other building used for the housing of animals shall keep such stable, hutch, or building in a clean and sanitary condition at all times and shall as often as is necessary remove the accumulations of manure or other excreta in order to prevent the same from becoming a public nuisance in the neighborhood. No stable shall be maintained without concrete floor draining to a sump of a style and character approved by the Building Department with a drain connection to the sewer. Said concrete floors shall be completely flushed and washed at least once each day. Every stable shall have a complete set of screens on all openings for ventilation, or ingress or egress, so that insects may be excluded therefrom. Such screens shall be kept closed at all times except when opened for purposes of ingress or egress.
For Marysville, WA: The short version is they can't be loud, they must be confined & the coop must be 100 feet from your neighbors house.
http://ci.marysville.wa.us/ Go to "Marysville Municipal Code" then Chapter 10 "Animals."
10.04.310 Restraint and enclosure. All persons owning or having control or possession of any rabbits, goats, swine, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, horses, cattle, pigeons, pheasants, peacocks, or fowl within the city shall keep the same restrained and enclosed at all times on the premises owned and occupied by such persons. (Ord. 2404 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2013 § 31, 1995).
10.04.340 Location of building – Enclosures must be clean. (1) Any building inhabited by livestock or fowl shall be located at a minimum distance of 100 feet of any adjoining residence. (2) All houses, pens or enclosures where chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons or other domestic fowl or rabbits are kept shall be kept clean and free from disagreeable odors. No organic materials furnishing food for flies shall be allowed to accumulate on the premises. All manure and other refuse must be kept in tightly covered fly-proof receptacles and disposed of at least once each week in a manner approved by the animal control officer. (Ord. 2404 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2013 § 34, 1995).
City of Wichita Falls, Texas
Chapter 14 Article VII Sec. 14-418. Keeping of fowl. (a) Generally. No person shall: (1) Harbor any fowl with less than 12 square feet of floor or ground area for each. Permitted pet shops shall be exempt from this subsection. (2) Keep any fowl within any structure in the city without thoroughly cleaning the area at least once each day and so maintaining such structure that no offensive odors are emitted therefrom. (3) Keep any fowl within any structure, the interior of which is not treated with an approved disinfectant at least once every six months to discourage insects, fleas, ticks, mites, mosquitoes and flies. (4) Place the coop, pen, housing or enclosure nearer than 75 feet to any residence excluding the residence of the harborer of the fowl. The distance may be reduced to not less than 50 feet if written permission is received from the resident who is closer than 75 feet. Permitted pet shops shall be exempt from this subsection. (5) Keep any fowl in violation of any other section of this chapter. Sec. 14-423. Disposition of litter and droppings. Every harborer of animals, livestock or fowl shall cause the litter and droppings there from to be disposed of daily in a sanitary manner, such that the creation of odors and the breeding of flies, rodents and other vermin is minimized. The method employed must meet with the approval of the local rabies control authority. (Ord. No. 61-2004, § 1, 8-2-2004) Sec. 14-424. Storage of feed. All feed provided for animals, livestock or fowl shall be kept in a ratproof, flyproof container. (Ord. No. 61-2004, § 1, 8-2-2004)
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