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Fort Lauderdale Florida Chicken Ordinance

Fort Lauderdale Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationIt shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, maintain or permit to be kept or maintained or permit on the premises any animal in any residential district of the city; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to animals capable of being kept as pets within a home such as those species of animals that generally are kept as pets and live in or... read more

Tampa Florida Chicken Ordinance

Tampa Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in Tampa? Yes (but with conditions) Max Chickens Allowed: See Additional Information Roosters Allowed: See Additional Information Permit Required: No Coop Restrictions: See Additional Information Organization Contact Numbers: City of Tampa, Department of Code Enforcement: 813-274-8211 Hillsborough County Code Enforcement Dept:... read more

Fernandina Beach Florida Chicken Ordinance

Fernandina Beach Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredYes Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact namePhone Numbers Toll-Free: 1-800-262-2633 Local: 850 576-3171 Fax: 850 575-8852 Mailing Address P.O. Box 2235 Tallahassee, FL 32316 Additional InformationIn Ordinance 18 section 2, it states that animals such as horses, chickens, cows, pigs and ect are not to be kept for whatever reason without a written permit from the city manager. Link for more... read more

Windermere Florida Chicken Ordinance

Windermere Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsSanitation, proximity, noise, zoning, building restrictions apply. City/Organization Contact name614 Main Street ▪ PO Box 669 ▪ Windermere, FL 34786 ▪ 407-876-2563 ▪ Fax: 407-876-0103 Additional Information Link for more Informationhttp://www.town.windermere.fl.us/ Information Last Updated2010-04-21 11:43:28 NOTE: This information was submitted by a member of our chicken forum. Please make sure to double check that... read more

Pompano Beach Florida Chicken Ordinance

Pompano Beach Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional Information§ 90.24 KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK/CHICKENS. No person, firm corporation, or association shall harbor, keep or maintain any livestock which shall include all animals of the equine, bovine, or swine class, including pigs, goats, sheep, mules, horses, hogs, cattle, and other grazing animals or chickens, on or within any residential or business district as the... read more

Cape Coral Florida Chicken Ordinance

Cape Coral Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedUnknown; Noise Ordinance Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsYes City/Organization Contact name Additional Information§ 4-8 Nuisance animals. It shall be unlawful for any owner or owner’s agent to fail to care for or control owned animals, or to allow animal or animals to become a nuisance. The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by the animal on public walks, recreation areas, private property... read more

Winter Park Florida Chicken Ordinance

Winter Park Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact nameConflicting verbage in code Additional InformationSec. 18-15. Keeping wild animals or fowl. It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or has control of any wild animal or fowl, whether beast, bird, insect or reptile, to fail to guard or keep the animal or fowl in such a manner as to not endanger the person, health or property of the public or of the neighborhood where the animal or... read more

Sarasota Florida Chicken Ordinance

Sarasota Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes Max Chickens Allowed 4 hens Roosters Allowed No Permit Required No Coop Restrictions Sanitation and zoning restrictions apply. NOISE ORDINANCES APPLY. Setbacks.Fenced yard Must be a movable coop. 3 year trial period City/Organization Contact name Sarasota CLUCK  (google Sarasota CLUCK) Additional... read more

Pensacola Florida Chicken Ordinance

Pensacola Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNot mentioned Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsProximity restrictions and sanitation rules apply. Noise ordinances apply City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 4-2-2. Running at large declared unlawful. It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any horse, mule, cow, goat, sheep, hog, cattle or any other such animal or chicken, bird or fowl to permit it to run at large anywhere within the corporate limits of the... read more

Pembroke Park Florida Chicken Ordinance

Pembroke Park Florida Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedNot mentioned Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsProximity restrictions and sanitation rules apply. No chickens in mobile home parks City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationChapter 4 ANIMALS* __________ *Cross references: Administration, Ch. 2; buildings and building regulations, Ch. 5; code enforcement, Ch. 7; garbage and refuse, Ch. 11; health and sanitation, Ch. 12; law enforcement, Ch. 14; mobile homes, recreational vehicles... read more

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