57.11 CHICKENS AT LARGE.

The permittee shall not allow the permittee’s chickens to roam off the permitted tract of land. No dog or cat or other domesticated animal which kills a chicken off the permitted tract of land will, for that reason alone, not be considered a dangerous or aggressive animal or the City’s responsibility to enforce its animal control provisions.

57.12 UNLAWFUL ACTS.

1.   It shall be unlawful for any person to keep chickens in violation of any provision of this chapter or any other provision of this Code of Ordinances.

2.   It shall be unlawful for any owner, renter, or leaseholder of property to allow chickens to be kept on the property in violation of the provisions of this chapter.

3.   No person shall keep chickens inside a single family dwelling unit or any other structure than an approved henhouse or chicken tractor.

4.   No person shall slaughter any chickens within the City outside of legally operating poultry production facilities.

5.   No person shall keep a rooster.

6.   No person shall keep chickens on a vacant or uninhabited tract of land.

57.13 NUISANCES.

Any violation of the terms of this chapter that constitutes a health hazard or that interferes with the use or enjoyment of neighboring property is a nuisance and may be abated under the general nuisance abatement provisions in Chapter 50 of this Code of Ordinances.