Hannibal Missouri Chicken Ordinance
| Are Chickens Allowed in this location | Yes |
| Max Chickens Allowed | |
| Roosters Allowed | Yes |
| Permit Required | No |
| Coop Restrictions | not closer than 150 feet of any residence or place of business other than that of the owner |
| City/Organization Contact name | |
| Additional Information | Sec. 4-15. Keeping livestock, fowl restricted. (a) Restrictions. The keeping within the city of cattle, sheep, horses or ponies or their offspring within 400 feet of any residence or place of business other than that of the owner, or the keeping of rabbits, chickens, ducks, turkeys or other domestic fowl or their offspring within 150 feet of any residence or place of business other than that of the owner, after the filing with the animal control officer of a written, signed complaint by the owner or occupant of any residence or place of business within the aforementioned distances, shall be prohibited. Nothing herein shall be construed to allow the keeping of hogs or swine within the city limits. (b) Complaint filing. The complaint filed under this section must also be signed by the health officer and, before the penalty provisions of this Code may be enforced, written notice of the filing of such complaint must first be served upon the person against whom such complaint is made, and a period of ten days must elapse before a warrant for the arrest of the alleged violator may be effected. (c) Notice. Written notice must be served under this section upon the alleged violator personally, and failure to locate such alleged violator personally shall place with the animal control officer the choice of serving such notice by registered United States mail with a return receipt or by serving personally the agent of such alleged violator. (d) Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the temporary keeping of the above-mentioned domestic animals and fowl in any licensed sales barn, stockyard, slaughterhouse, hatchery or produce house. (Code 1988, § 4-15; Ord. No. 3698, § 1, 12-5-1989) |
| Link for more Information | http://library3.municode.com:80/default-test/template.htm? view=browse&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=tocid&doc_key=50361873eeb64131e78295ea0a886462&infobase=144 03 |
| Information Last Updated | 2011-01-19 04:05:56 |
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