Lafayette Louisiana Chicken Ordinance
| Are Chickens Allowed in this location | Yes |
| Max Chickens Allowed | none |
| Roosters Allowed | Yes |
| Permit Required | No |
| Coop Restrictions | 25' from any other building used for sleeping, dining,living or working |
| City/Organization Contact name | Lafayette City Council Norma Dugas 337-291-8810 [email protected] |
| Additional Information | Sec. 10-191. Running at large; pens, coops or other enclosures. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person raising or keeping chickens, turkeys, geese, guineas, ducks, pigeons or other fowl or rabbits to allow or permit the fowl or rabbits to run at large or be at large. (b) It shall be the duty of every person raising or keeping chickens, turkeys, geese, guineas, pigeons or other fowl, except pigeons and migratory waterfowl being raised or kept pursuant to a permit issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior on private property, to keep them in a pen, coop or enclosure. Such pen, coop or enclosure shall be constructed in such manner that the fowl shall be confined within such pen, coop or enclosure at all times. Such pen, coop or enclosure shall be at a distance of at least 25 feet from any and every building or structure used for sleeping, dining, living or working, shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times, and shall be kept in such a manner as will be reasonably calculated not to become offensive to adjacent neighbors or to the public. (c) It shall be the duty of every person raising or keeping migratory waterfowl pursuant to a permit issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior on private property to keep them in a pen, coop or enclosure, which shall be constructed in such a manner that fowl shall be confined within such pen, coop or enclosure at all times. Such pen, coop or enclosure shall be a distance of at least 25 feet from any and every building or structure used for sleeping, dining, living or working, shall be kept in a sanitary condition at all times, and shall be kept in such a manner as will be reasonably calculated not to become offensive to adjacent neighbors or to the public. |
| Link for more Information | http://www.lafayettela.gov/ |
| Information Last Updated | 2010-03-19 00:00:00 |
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