A. In order to maintain pet chickens and outdoor chicken shelters, the following regulations shall be followed:
1. Roosters Prohibited: No person shall keep or harbor any rooster.
2. Limit Of Chickens: No person shall keep or harbor more than four (4) chickens on any residential lot. A permit form must be filled out with the building department for the chickens. The resident will indicate on the permit form the number of chickens they will keep or harbor. By signing the form, this allows the city to go on the property at any time to inspect the outside enclosure that the chickens live in.
3. Chickens Left Unattended: Chickens shall be kept in a covered outside enclosure or inside a residence or a garage when left unattended. The shelter regulations are described below.
4. Running At Large Prohibited: Chickens shall not be permitted to run at large in the city.
5. Chickens Allowed In Fenced Yard: Chickens may be allowed outside in a fenced rear yard area or other permanently fenced area or temporarily fenced area while in the presence of their owners or keepers.
6. Slaughtering Outdoors Prohibited: There shall be no slaughtering of any poultry outdoors on any residential lot.
7. Chicken Shelter Regulations:
a. An outdoor shelter shall be located only in the rear yard of a lot and no closer than ten feet (10') of either side yard lot line and no closer than five feet (5') from any rear yard lot line and must be twenty five feet (25') from any neighboring house.
b. The interior area of any shelter and the rear yard area shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.
c. Outdoor shelters shall be designated to be architecturally compatible with the principal residence or any existing accessory structure or the principal residence's rear yard landscape theme and shall be constructed of quality, durable building materials. Outdoor shelters shall be constructed and maintained to be weatherproof in order to withstand inclement and extreme weather and to be secure from predators. A professional predator protection system approved by the community development department shall be installed on any outdoor shelter. (Ord. 14-22-0, 6-11-2014)