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Sweetwater Texas Chicken Ordinance

Sweetwater Texas Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowedno limit Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictionsnone City/Organization Contact nameCity Hall, Code Enforcement, Sweetwater, TX 325-236-6313 Additional InformationWas told, as quoted, \\\\\\\"Yes a person in town is allowed to have chickens as long as they are in a pen.\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\"No limit to the number you can have\\\\\\\" (Its not listed on a webpage, at least not that I could find...which is why I called the office) Link for more... read more

Cincinnati Ohio Chicken Ordinance

Cincinnati Ohio Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNot Specified Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsManure cleaned out daily City/Organization Contact nameCincinnati, OH 801 Plum Street Room 150 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513)352-3243 www.cincinnati-oh.gov Additional InformationSec. 701-35. - Care of Fowl Confined in Crates. No person shall confine any fowl in a crate, box, or other receptacle in a cramped or unnatural position or shall overcrowd any crate, box or other receptacle with fowl or fail to... read more

State College-Patton Pennsylvania Chicken Ordinance

State College-Patton Pennsylvania Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowed4 hens in PATTON township of State College Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredYes Coop RestrictionsAll chicken hens shall be housed in a roofed coop that is stationary, secure, and enclosed in a way that contains the chickens. The coop shall not be within 30 feet of any main building on an adjacent lot. City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationThis ordinace is for PATTON TOWNSHIP in State College PA. Limited to 4 hens, no roosters. A zonig... read more

Fort Collins Colorado Chicken Ordinance

Fort Collins Colorado Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowed6 Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredYes Coop Restrictions"the chicken hens must be provided with a covered, predator-resistant chicken house that is properly ventilated, designed to be easily accessed, cleaned and maintained, and at least two (2) square feet per chicken in size" City/Organization Contact nameUnsure about this... Additional InformationOrdinance No. 072, 2008 states a maximum number of 6 hens may be kept for egg production. Regarding the coop... read more

State College-College Pennsylvania Chicken Ordinance

State College-College Pennsylvania Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationState College has several townships. Those living in State College in College Township are NOT permitted chickens. This College Township council denied allowing chickens in residential areas on July 21, 2009. Link for more... read more

Spruce Pine North Carolina Chicken Ordinance

Spruce Pine North Carolina Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNo restrictions Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsOnly ordinance is the cleanliness of the pen/kennal regarding odor or attracting rats City/Organization Contact nameHighland Ave Spruce Pine NC 28777 Phone: 828-765-3000 (Darlene) Town hall of Spruce Pine. The official seat of town government. Additional InformationAs stated on phone - The only ordinance Spruce Pine has regarding keeping chickens is in regards to cleanliness. It... read more

Columbus-A Ohio Chicken Ordinance

Columbus-A Ohio Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNot Specified Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsCoop must be 100 ft. from street line. City/Organization Contact nameColumbus Code of Ordinances 90 West Broad; Room 247 Columbus, OH 43215 Additional InformationMust have \"impervious floor of tile, vinyl flooring, livestock mats, treated wood, etc.\" and must be covered City/Organization Contact name: Aaron K. Messer DVM, RS 240 Parsons Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43215-5331 Phone: (614) 645-6748 / Fax:... read more

Boone North Carolina Chicken Ordinance

Boone North Carolina Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNo restrictions Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsNo restrictions City/Organization Contact nameEvent Location Agriculture Conference Center 252 Poplar Grove Road Boone, NC 28607 Contact Staff at (828) 264-3061 I spoke to Eddie Additional InformationAs stated by Eddie at the NC Coop extension in the town of Boone NC - there presently are no regulations or restrictions on keeping chickens in the town of Boone NC Link for more... read more

Spotsylvania County Virginia Chicken Ordinance

Spotsylvania County Virginia Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowedunknown Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictionsnone allowed City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 4-6. Livestock and poultry running at large. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any livestock or poultry to permit the same to run at large beyond the limits of the boundaries of the lot or tract of land where such animal is confined. (Code 1980, § 4-3; Ord. No. 4-1, 4-23-91; Ord. No. 4-2, 6-1-93; Ord. No. 4-21,... read more

Salt Lake County Utah Chicken Ordinance

Salt Lake County Utah Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowed50 Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsNo closer than 40 feet to another dwelling City/Organization Contact namehttp://www.animalservices.slco.org/html/SLCountyOrd.html Additional InformationFound at http://planning.utah.gov/Index_files/PDFs/slcounty19.48.pdf 19.48.040 Lot area. In the A-1 zone, the minimum lot area for any dwelling, school, church, greenhouse, aviary or apiary, or for the keeping of animals and fowl for family food production,... read more

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