(A) Keeping of fowl. No person shall maintain fowl in any Single-Family Zoning District within the municipal limits. No person shall maintain fowl in any other zoning district within the municipal limits unless the following requirements are met.
(1) There shall be a minimum of five square feet enclosure for each fowl kept in the municipal limits. An enclosure shall be provided on the premises which shall be no closer than 100 feet to any dwelling. The enclosure must be of such construction as will allow for ease in cleaning and airing and kept in such a manner as not to become offensive to adjacent neighbors or the public. No more than 25 fowl may be maintained on any single lot or tract.
(2) Each premises where fowl are kept shall be required to have built an impervious (for example, concrete) bin which will act as a storage place for all manure from such fowl. It shall be covered with an approved cover that will not allow the ingress or egress of flies and will prevent any water from entering it. The bin shall be a minimum of 30 cubic feet in size.
(3) It shall be the duty of every person raising, keeping or harboring any fowl to keep the premises, pen or other enclosure in a sanitary condition.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person owning chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas or other fowl to permit such fowl to run at large within the corporate limits of the municipality.
(B) Sale of baby fowl and ducks. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, lease, rent or in any way transfer, barter or give away baby fowl or ducklings as pets or novelties, whether dyed or not dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated; provided, however, that this division (B) shall not be construed to prohibit the display or sale of natural chicks or ducklings in proper breeding facilities for hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling the same to be raised for legitimate commercial purposes.
(Ord. 0408-2, passed 5-19-2008) Penalty, see § 90.99