Stamford Connecticut Chicken Ordinance
| Are Chickens Allowed in this location | Yes |
| Max Chickens Allowed | unstated |
| Roosters Allowed | Yes |
| Permit Required | No |
| Coop Restrictions | only sanitary stipulations |
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| Additional Information | Sec. 111-3. Proximity to residences. No person shall keep any live poultry, goats or cattle of the bovine species in any building or pen which is less than fifty (50) feet from any dwelling or apartment house in the city. Sec. 111-4. Maintenance of enclosures. All stables, pens, yards or other buildings or enclosures in which any animal is kept shall be maintained in a reasonably clean and sanitary condition. It shall be the duty of the Director of Health of the city to order the owner or other person in charge of any such stable, pen or other building or enclosure to clean the same when in his judgment conditions therein are unsanitary Sec. 111-5. Confinement of poultry. All poultry kept within the city must be penned and not allowed to run at large or onto public property or premises other than those belonging to or occupied by the party owning such poultry. Sec. 111-6. Keeping of roosters. No person shall keep any rooster in such location that the crowing thereof shall be annoying to any person occupying premises in the vicinity. Upon complaint of any such person so annoyed, the Director of Health shall have authority to order the owner of such rooster to remove the same so that such annoyance shall cease. |
| Link for more Information | http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusctodansonia_stamford.htm#s1114 |
| Information Last Updated | 2010-08-15 12:16:09 |
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