Structures erected for the housing of fowl and poultry shall
be designed to reduce undue pollution, noise, odor or trespassing
on either public or private property.
A. Structures shall either be enclosed on all sides or include individual
pen doors that can be closed to mitigate noise during nighttime or
early morning hours.
B. The types of roofing and siding must take into account existing conditions
in the neighborhood.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Provisions must be made for the storage and removal of fowl
and poultry manure. To avoid the risk of odors, all stored manure
shall be covered by a fully enclosed structure with a roof over the
entire structure. Manure shall be covered and confined in such a manner
as to not allow its spread onto abutting properties. All other manure
not used for fertilizing shall be removed.
Lighting to protect fowl and poultry from predators and intruders
shall be a ninety-degree cutoff luminaire. All lighting must be set
to a motion detector so that the lighting is turned off when no motion
is detected.
In cases where the fowl or poultry is kept on a property within
100 feet of a water body or drainageway, provisions must be made to
control the runoff of pollution to the water body. To accomplish this
goal, all manure must be kept within a roofed enclosure.
It shall be unlawful to keep more than the following number
of fowl or poultry on any parcel within the City, based upon the size
of the parcel on which the animals are situated:
Lot Size
(square feet)
|
Number of Poultry/Fowl
|
---|
10,000 to 19,999
|
6
|
20,000 to 39,999
|
12
|
40,999 to 79,999
|
50
|
80,000 and greater
|
No limit
|
If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or
phrase of this article or the application of same to any person or
set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
void or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this article
or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall
not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in
adopting this article that no portion hereof or provision or regulation
contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any
unconstitutionality, voidness or invalidity of any other portion hereof,
and all provisions of this article are declared to be severable for
the purpose.