§ 7-175. Small animals and fowl in pens.

(a)

Fowl shall mean those domestic birds commonly kept for the production of meat, eggs, or feathers. Fowl shall include, but not be limited to, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, swans, peafowl, guinea fowl, ostriches, and emus. Fowl shall not be permitted in any area of the city not zoned agricultural with the following exceptions:

(1)

Ducks.

(2)

Female chickens.

(b)

This section does not apply to the keeping of dogs or cats.

(c)

Except where fowl or animals are kept for sale within a bona fide produce market, commission house or store for the purposes of trade and while so kept are confined in small coops, boxes or cages, or where such animals or fowl are kept for purposes of research in a laboratory, or less than five birds are kept in a home as pets, such as canaries, parakeets, parrots, finches, and doves, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any chicken coop, dove cote, rabbit hutch or other yard establishment for the housing of fowl or small animals closer than 25 feet to the nearest portion of any building occupied by or in anywise used by human beings, other than the dwelling occupied by the owner or keeper of the animals or fowl, or closer than ten feet to the property line of the lot. Animals and fowl so kept or maintained shall be enclosed on all sides and shall not be allowed to run or fly at large, except for homing pigeons.

(d)

The maximum number of permitted fowl shall not exceed six, regardless of the size of the lot.

(Code 1988, § 7-101; Ord. No. O-22-03, § 1, 6-5-2003; Ord. No. O-63-16 , § 1, 10-27-2016)