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Salt Lake City, UT Code of Ordinances
CITY CODE of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
ORDINANCES PENDING REVIEW FOR CODIFICATION
TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4 RESERVED
TITLE 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES1
TITLE 7 RESERVED
TITLE 8 ANIMALS
TITLE 9 HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 10 HUMAN RIGHTS
TITLE 11 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 12 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 13 RESERVED
TITLE 14 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 15 PARKS AND RECREATION
TITLE 16 AIRPORTS
TITLE 17 PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 18 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 19 GENERAL PLANS
TITLE 20 SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 21A ZONING
TITLE 22 LOCAL EMERGENCIES
APPENDICES SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Salt Lake City, UT Policies and Procedures Manual
CHAPTER 8.08
KEEPING ANIMALS, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
SECTION:
8.08.010: Domestic Fowl And Livestock; Permit Required
8.08.020: Permit; Issuance Conditions; Number Of Animals; Department Powers
8.08.030: Keeping Additional Animals; License Required; Fee
8.08.040: Sanitary Conditions
8.08.050: Permit; Revocation Conditions; Appeals
8.08.060: Housing And Feeding Of Animals; Location Restrictions
8.08.065: Keeping Chickens
8.08.070: Poultry Coops And Runways; Sanitation
8.08.080: Trespass By Fowl Or Domestic Animals
8.08.090: Docking Horses' Tails Prohibited
8.08.100: Animals On Street More Than Five Hours
8.08.110: Driving Livestock Through Streets; Conditions
8.08.010: DOMESTIC FOWL AND LIVESTOCK; PERMIT REQUIRED:
   A.   Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it is unlawful for any person to keep within the city any chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons or other similar domestic fowl, or more than two (2) rabbits, or other similar animals, without first making application for and obtaining a permit from the office of animal services to do so. The fee for such permit shall be shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule.
   B.   Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, chickens may be kept in any area zoned as a residential district under title 21A, chapter 21A.24 of this code or its successor, subject to the requirements of section 8.08.065 of this chapter.
   C.   It is unlawful for any person to keep within the city any sheep, goats, cows, calves, pigs, horses, jacks, jennies, or other similar animals, without first making application for and obtaining a permit from the office of animal services to do so. The fee for such permit shall be shown on the Salt Lake City consolidated fee schedule, each year. Such permits shall not be issued for any area of the city except areas zoned as agricultural districts under section 21A.32.050 of this code, or its successor section. (Ord. 24-11, 2011)
8.08.020: PERMIT; ISSUANCE CONDITIONS; NUMBER OF ANIMALS; DEPARTMENT POWERS:
The Salt Lake Valley health department is empowered to make rules and regulations governing the keeping of such domestic fowl and animals, as may be required to protect the health and welfare of the citizens of the city; provided, that in no case shall such a permit be issued by the office of animal services or the sanitary division of the Valley health department to keep any mink or snake, nor except as provided in section 8.08.030 of this chapter, or its successor, to keep more than the following number of domestic fowl: twenty five (25) chickens, twenty five (25) ducks, twenty five (25) turkeys, twenty five (25) pigeons, or twenty five (25) other similar domestic fowl; or to keep more than the following number of animals: two (2) sheep, two (2) goats, one cow, one calf, one pig, two (2) horses, two (2) jacks, two (2) jennies, ten (10) rabbits, or other similar animals. (Ord. 1-06 § 30, 2006: Ord. 71-99 § 2, 1999: Ord. 69-99 § 8, 1999: prior code § 100-2-1(2))
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