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Oklahoma City Oklahoma Chicken Ordinance

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Posted 03/27/11 • Last updated 03/27/11 • 2234 views • 0 comments
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Chicken Ordinance

Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes
Max Chickens Allowed No limit
Roosters Allowed Yes
Permit Required No
Coop Restrictions No building or enclosure in which animals are quartered shall be located closer than 200 feet to any dwelling, church, school building or place of business on adjacent properties.
City/Organization Contact name cityclerk@okc.gov City Clerk\'s Office 200 N. Walker 2nd Floor 405 297-2391 Fax: 405 297-3121
Additional Information Chickens are only allowed within city limits if they are housed on one or more acres. It is illegal to keep any number of chickens in Oklahoma City, even for personal use (pets, eggs, etc), if your lot is less than one acre. In addition, your coop must be 200 feet from any dwelling on an adjacent property. 59-8150. - Agricultural Use Unit Classifications. http://library.municode.com/showDocument.aspx?clientID=14500&docID=0#hit1#OKMUCO2007_CH59ZOPLCO_ARTVIIIUSUNCL_S59-8150AGUSUNCL 8150.5. Animal Raising: Personal. Premises where agricultural animals are fed or kept for personal use and for agriculturally related projects of the owner or occupant of the premises. For this use unit, agricultural animals shall mean livestock and poultry including, but not limited to, the following domesticated animals: cattle, horses, sheep, goats, asses, mules, swine, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowl. Domesticated chickens, turkeys, ducks, guinea fowl, and geese are the only birds included in this use unit. This use unit shall be subject to use regulations set forth in Section 59-9350.8 (Animal Raising: Commercial and Animal Raising: Personal). 59-9350. - Standards for specific uses. http://library.municode.com/showDocument.aspx?clientID=14500&docID=2#hit1#OKMUCO2007_CH59ZOPLCO_ARTIXUSST_S59-9350STSPUS Section 59-9350.8. Animal Raising: Commercial (59-8150.3) and Animal Raising: Personal (59-8150.5). C. The site shall be at least at least one acre in size. For purposes of this section, lot and/or parcel size shall be defined to mean net usable area, excluding public and private street rights-of-way. F. No building or enclosure in which animals are quartered shall be located closer than 200 feet to any dwelling, church, school building or place of business on adjacent properties. (An enclosure is any area, corral, open-sided shelter or enclosed shelter, which has artificial flooring or is substantially denuded of permanent vegetation as a result of animal activity, and would include unfenced areas that become areas of animal congregation such that permanent forage is removed.) G. No rooster shall be tethered closer than 400 feet to any dwelling, church, school building or place of business on adjacent properties. H. No enclosure in which roosters are quartered shall be located closer than 400 feet to any dwelling, church, school building or place of business on adjacent properties.
Link for more Information http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=14500&stateId=36&stateName=Oklahoma
Information Last Updated 2011-03-27 13:04:32

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