(A) No person shall (without first obtaining a permit in writing from the city) own, keep, harbor, or have custody of any live chicken. If granted, the permit shall be issued by the city and officer and shall state the conditions, if any, imposed upon the permittee for the keeping of chickens under this permit. The permit shall specify the restrictions, limitations, conditions, and prohibitions which the officer deems reasonably necessary to protect any person or neighboring use from unsanitary conditions, unreasonable noise or odors, or annoyance, or to promote the public health and safety. Such permit may be modified from time to time or revoked for failure to conform to such restrictions, limitations, prohibitions. Such modification or revocation shall be effective after 10 days following the mailing of written notice thereof by certified mail to the person or persons keeping or maintaining such chickens.
(B) The City Manager or designee may revoke any permit issued under this subchapter if the person holding the permit refuses or fails to comply with this subchapter, with any regulations promulgated by the City Council pursuant to this subchapter, or with any state or local law governing cruelty to animals or the keeping of animals. Any person whose permit is revoked shall, within 10 days thereafter, humanely dispose of all chickens being owned, kept, or harbored by such person, and no part of the permit fee shall be refunded.
(C) Coops, runs, and other fenced areas that go unutilized for a period of 1 year shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be removed by the owner at the owner's expense.
(D) The permit period under this section shall expire 1 year from the date the permit is issued.
(E) For each residential site, the fee for a permit may be imposed, set, established, and fixed by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 1337, passed 6-6-2022)