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Birmingham Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Birmingham Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 18-8. Keeping of domestic animals and fowl. No person shall keep or house any animals or domestic fowl within the city except dogs, cats, birds, fowl or animals commonly classified as pets. (Code 1963, § 9.64) *** law unclear as to what constitutes fowl Link for more... read more

Huntington Woods Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Huntington Woods Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 4-4. Domestic animals and fowl. No person shall keep or house any animals other than domestic dogs, domestic cats, canaries or animals commonly classified as pets, which are customarily kept or housed inside dwellings as household pets. The term \"pet\" or \"household pet,\" as used in this section, does not include exotic, wild, vicious or dangerous... read more

Madison Heights Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Madison Heights Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 5-4. Restrictions on keeping certain animals. (1) No person, shall keep or house any animals or fowl within the city except dogs, domestic cats, house birds, tank fish, domestic rodents, domestic rabbits, ferrets, small tank reptiles or other animals commonly classified as domestic and/or pets. (Ord. No. 1072, § 1, 12-14-09) Sec. 5-6. Disturbing... read more

Warren Michigan Chicken Ordinance

State of Michigan Chicken Ordinance   Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes Max Chickens Allowed As many as you have space for, according to GAAMPS. Roosters Allowed Yes Permit Required No Coop Restrictions Refer to GAAMPS. Basically, don't hurt your birds with their housing. City/Organization Contact name City of Warren -... read more

Ferndale Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Ferndale Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this location Yes Max Chickens Allowed 3 Roosters Allowed No Permit Required Yes Coop Restrictions yes: coop must be over 150ft away from any building used by a person for habitation City/Organization Contact name Code Enforcement (248) 546-2365 Administration (248) 546-2388 Animal Control (248) 546-2394 Additional... read more

Royal Oak Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Royal Oak Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact nameCode enforcement - Jason Craig, Chief Building Official, (248) 246-3225 Kevin Duhonich, Deputy Chief Building Official, (248) (248) 246-3230 Additional InformationRoyal Oak was chicken-friendly but just recently passed an ordinance which appears to ban chickens now. The new ordinance in part - Keeping ofAnimals The keeping of any animals or animal husbandry (cows chickens... read more

De Soto Michigan Chicken Ordinance

De Soto Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedAGRICULTURAL ZONING ONLY Roosters AllowedYes Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsProximity, noise, sanitation, zoning restrictions apply. City/Organization Contact namehttp://www.desotomo.com/City%20Code/City%20of%20De%20Soto%20Code.pdf Additional Information\\\"Chapter 405, Zoning Regulations SECTION 405.030: DEFINITIONS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY: Any land and easements and real and personal, including, but not limited to, buildings, structures, improvements, equipment and... read more

Fremont Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Fremont Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens AllowedUnknown Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop RestrictionsYes City/Organization Contact name Additional InformationSec. 3-2. Running at large-Prohibited. No person shall permit any domestic animal or any goose, chicken or other fowl to run or be at large in the public streets, lanes, alleys, vacant lots or other open or public places; nor upon any private premises other than the premises of the owner or custodian of such domestic animal or fowl, without the... read more

Cold Water Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Cold Water Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationYes Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredYes Coop RestrictionsYes City/Organization Contact name Additional Information610.04 KEEPING FARM OR WILD ANIMALS. No person shall keep any horses, cows, hogs, sheep, rabbits, poultry, goats or other farm animals, nor any wild animals, without first obtaining a permit from the Building Commissioner. The Building Commissioner shall cause an inspection to be made of the premises to ascertain that suitable barns, stables, pens... read more

Charlotte Michigan Chicken Ordinance

Charlotte Michigan Chicken Ordinance Are Chickens Allowed in this locationNo Max Chickens Allowed Roosters AllowedNo Permit RequiredNo Coop Restrictions City/Organization Contact name Additional Information§ 10-4 DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND FOWL. (A) Except as provided in this section, no person shall keep or house any animals or fowl within the city. (B) Dogs, cats, birds and animals commonly classified as pets may be kept within the city. (C) Chickens, ponies, cattle and horses may be kept on premises constituting a farm, as defined in... read more

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