(A) Subject to the city’s zoning regulations, no person shall own in the city any chicken, duck, guinea, goose, pigeon or dove, or any species of fowl of the avian or aquatic family for commercial purposes, within 100 feet of any residence therein.
(B) No person shall permit any such chicken, duck, guinea, goose, dove, pigeon or any fowl of the avian or aquatic family to run or be at large within the city. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any fowl confined in coops at market places or stores where the fowl is sold for food; except that, any fowl kept for sale shall not be permitted to run at large at the place where the fowl is kept for sale or the owning of pigeons and birds of prey for the purposes of falconry.
(C) Non-crowing fowl, such as hens, may be kept within the city limits for non-commercial purposes, subject to the following provisions.
(1) The non-crowing fowl shall be kept in a housing structure that is:
(a) Covered and predator-proof;
(b) Thoroughly ventilated and odor- free;
(c) Designed to prevent any bird from leaving the owner’s property;
(d) Of sufficient size to admit free movement of each bird, providing at least three square feet of space per bird; and
(e) Designed to be easily accessed, cleaned and maintained by the owners.
(2) The housing structure must be in good repair. All gates or doors to the fence or structure shall fit properly and shall be locked or secured by a latch.
(3) No non-crowing fowl shall be located closer than four feet to the owner’s residence, and no non-crowing fowl shall be located closer than ten feet to any residential structure occupied by someone other than the fowl owner, custodian or keeper.
(4) Stored feed must be kept in a rodent- and predator-proof container.
(5) No more than eight non-crowing fowl shall be kept on a lot smaller than one-half acre.
(1984 Code, § 90.11) (Ord. O-33-03, passed 6-24-2003; Ord. O-4-12, passed 3-20-2012; Ord. O-44-12, passed 11-27-2012) Penalty, see § 90.99