Manteca California Chicken Ordinance
| Are Chickens Allowed in this location | Yes |
| Max Chickens Allowed | 6- TOTAL animals, including dogs and cats |
| Roosters Allowed | No |
| Permit Required | No |
| Coop Restrictions | 20\' from any dwelling unless given permission from owner of said dwelling |
| City/Organization Contact name | http://www.ci.manteca.ca.us/animal/change/code/keeping_of_animals.html |
| Additional Information | 17.07.030 The keeping of animals. In any district on a lot with a principal permitted use, no more than six small animals may be kept, provided none are kept for commercial use. Not more than three of such animals may be dogs or cats over ten weeks of age and not more than two may be pot belly pigs. No roosters, ducks, turkeys, geese, pea fowl, guinea fowl, goats, sheep or hogs, except pot belly pigs shall be allowed. Permitted small animals or fowl, exclusive of dogs and cats or pot belly pigs, shall be kept in cages located no closer than twenty feet to an adjacent property, shall be maintained clean and odorless at all times, and shall not become a public nuisance. A use permit may be issued for the commercial raising of small animals, or fowl, or for general animal husbandry, but not including the raising of hogs, on lots of one acre or more. (Ord. 971 §3, 1993: Ord. 940 §1, Ex. A(part), 1992) |
| Link for more Information | www.ci.manteca.ca.us |
| Information Last Updated | 2010-03-29 10:50:50 |
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