[Adopted 1-7-1997 as § 6-10 of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances]
No pigeons, chickens or other poultry shall be kept within 25
feet of any structure owned by another and used for human habitation,
occupation or assembly. In no case shall any person or persons be
permitted to keep more than 50 pigeons, chickens, ducks or other poultry.
No person shall keep pigeons, chickens or other poultry in the City without having first obtained from the Health Officer a permit for that purpose. The permit may be issued by the Health Officer upon the payment of a fee as set forth in Chapter 155, Fees, and the permit shall expire on December 31 in each and every year.
The following regulations and conditions shall be complied with
in the keeping and housing of pigeons, chickens and other poultry
in the City:
A.
If the conditions and regulations are not complied with, the permit
shall be revoked. These provisions shall not apply to such pigeons,
chickens or other poultry confined in coops in regularly licensed
markets or stores for the sale, slaughter and plucking of poultry.
B.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Board of Health, the environment
has changed since granting the permit to keep and maintain pigeons,
chicken or other poultry to such an extent that maintenance may constitute
a nuisance, the permit may be revoked by the Health Officer.
C.
No license, however, shall be suspended and revoked until after hearing.
A notice, in writing, stating time and place of such hearing shall
be served upon the licensee at least five days prior to the holding
of such hearing.
The Health Officer is hereby empowered to suspend or revoke
the license held by any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article.
