Terms used in this chapter have the following meanings:
AT LARGE: | Off the premises of the owner or caretaker, and not under the control of the owner or caretaker by leash which a person has physical control over. |
CHICKEN: | A female chicken or hen. |
COOP: | A structure for housing chickens made of wood or other similar materials that provides shelter from the elements. |
FEED: | Making food and water available for consumption outdoors, either on the ground or at a height of less than five feet (5'). For purposes of this chapter, a person does not feed wildlife by maintaining live vegetation, such as fruit trees, gardens, or flower beds. |
OWNER: | Any person or persons, firm, association or corporation owning, keeping or harboring a dog or a cat. |
PERSONS: | The resident, property owner, custodian or keeper of any chicken. |
PREMISES: | Any lot or group of contiguous lots, parcels or tracts of land located within the City of Moorhead. |
PROPER ENCLOSURES: | Shall have sidewalls with a minimum height of five feet (5') and be constructed of 11-gauge or heavier wire. Openings in the wire shall not exceed two inches (2"). Support posts shall be one and one-fourth inch (11/4") or larger steel pipe buried in the ground eighteen inches (18") or more. When a concrete floor is not provided, the sidewalls shall be buried a minimum of eighteen inches (18") in the ground. |
RUN: | An enclosed outside yard for keeping chickens. |
WILDLIFE: | Undomesticated animals living in the wild. This definition includes feral cats and dogs. (Ord. 2005-1, 2-22-2005; amd. Ord. 2005-27, 10-17-2005; Ord. 2008-23, 11-24-2008; Ord. 2020-15, 1-11-2021; Ord. 2023-05, 4-10-2023) |