Sioux Falls South Dakota Chicken Ordinance
| Are Chickens Allowed in this location | yes |
| Max Chickens Allowed | 6 |
| Roosters Allowed | No |
| Permit Required | No, for more than 6 |
| Coop Restrictions | n/a |
| City/Organization Contact name | Animal Control320 W. 4th St.Sioux Falls, SD 57104(605) 367-7230 |
| Additional Information | I called and spoke with the animal control officer for the city.He informed me that no poultry is allowed within the city limits...period.Sec. 7-8. Keeping of animals.(a) The keeping of animals on any personal land in the city shall not be on a scale creating a nuisance. This prohibition includes the domestic fowl of the order Galliformes and Gallinaceous birds (fowl-like birds), and the order Anseriformes (water fowl).(b) It is considered a nuisance and shall be unlawful for any person to keep and maintain (other than the care and treatment of injured or abandoned birds and animals by people licensed for that purpose) or to sell native fur bearers, bears, mountain lions, bobcats, lynx, panthers, endangered species, exotic cats, or venomous snakes.(c) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the keeping of (Felis catus) the domestic cat, (Mustela putorius foro) the European polecat otherwise known as the ferret, or (Canis familiaris) the domestic dog, as long as license or permit procedures are followed.(Ord. No. 21-75, § 2, 4-7-75; Ord. No. 22-80, § 1, 3-31-80; Ord. No. 122-95, § 1, 9-18-95) |
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| Information Last Updated | 2010-03-31 11:47:27 |
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