(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or maintain within the corporate limits of the city any chicken without a valid license issued by the city pursuant to the following regulations:
(1) Application shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be on a form furnished by the city;
(2) The fee for such license shall be established by the city;
(3) No license shall be assignable or transferable either as to licensee or location; and
(4) A license issued pursuant to this section may be administratively revoked for the violation by the licensee of any provision of this section or any other applicable provision of this code, state law or city ordinance, rule or regulation as determined by the City Police Department or the City Building Inspector.
(B) The requirements for the issuance of a license by the city to own, keep, harbor or have custody or control over chickens are as follows.
(1) Chickens shall not be permitted on any multi-family lot.
(2) No more than six chickens shall be permitted on any single-family lot.
(3) The chickens must be housed in a chicken facility maintained in compliance with all of the city’s requirements as a condition of the license. The requirements for the chicken facility include:
(a) Must be in good repair, capable of being maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free of vermin, obnoxious smells and substances;
(b) Shall not constitute a nuisance or disturb neighboring residents due to noise, odor or threats to public health;
(c) Shall prevent chickens from roaming at large and prevent entry by predators and members of the general public;
(d) Shall only be located in the rear yard of a lot, not in the front or side yards of a lot; and
(e) Shall be located so as to be at least 30 feet from any dwelling, street, public sidewalk, public building and park or recreational area; provided, however, that the chicken facility may be located within 30 feet of an alley.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit or allow any chicken to run or fly at large within the corporate limits of the city.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, harbor or have under his, her or its care, custody or control any cock or rooster chicken. The unlawful keeping or harboring of cocks or roosters is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(E) Offal, manure and waste material shall not be permitted to accumulate nor be confined in any manner that is conducive to the breeding or attraction of flies, mosquitoes or other noxious insects or in any manner that endangers the public health or safety.
(F) The slaughtering or destruction of chickens within the corporate limits of the city shall be prohibited.
(Prior Code, § 2-506) (Ord. 739, passed 1-12-2021) Penalty, see § 92.99