[Adopted 12-6-2021; amended in its entirety 6-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-008]
A. 
Female chickens may be kept with approval, of up to six animals per address, within the Village.
B. 
Approval to do so is assumed, where complete applications are filed with appropriate funds and no landlord or property manager is involved.
C. 
Written approval from the owner of the dwelling. In cases where no landlord is involved, the application itself constitutes written approval.
D. 
Roosters are explicitly prohibited.
E. 
The floor area of the roofed structure or a combination of the floor area and attached pen area must equal at least 10 square feet of area per chicken.
F. 
All grain and food stored for the use of the hens on a premises with a chicken permit shall be kept in a rodent-proof container.
G. 
Leg bandings are required on all chickens. The bands must identify the owner and the owner's address and telephone number.
H. 
No farm animal shall be kept or allowed to be kept within 100 feet of any well, spring or stream.
(1) 
No farm animal shall be kept or allowed to be kept within 50 feet of any stormwater catch basin which is located on private property. For purposes of this section, stormwater catch basins located within a public or private street shall not be counted.
I. 
No slaughtering of birds at a participating address is allowed.
J. 
Chickens must be provided a secure and well-ventilated roofed structure (chicken coop).
K. 
The roofed structure for the chickens may only be located in a rear yard and must meet setback and building separations as established in Village zoning and building codes. Contact the Village Zoning Administrator with questions.
L. 
The floors and walls of the roofed structure shall be kept in a clean, sanitary and healthy condition with all droppings collected on a daily basis and placed in a fireproof covered container until applied as fertilizer, composted or transported off the premises.
M. 
Chickens must be kept in the roofed structure, an attached pen, or a detached mobile pen whenever they are unattended by the keeper; but when attended by the keeper, the chickens are allowed in a completely fenced exercise yard.
A. 
An application fee of $40 will be paid upon application of permit for chickens in addition to the building permit fees.
B. 
A yearly renewal shall be required per address, keeping the animals that will be set by the Village Board yearly.
C. 
A late fee shall be collected if the owner fails to obtain a license prior to April 1 of each year or within 30 days of acquiring the animals intended to be kept within the village. The late fee will be set by the Village Board annually.
D. 
Delinquent renewal fees shall be collected in the manner specified in § 74.11, Wis. Stats., for collection of personal property taxes. The law enforcement officer of the Village may issue a citation and bring action in Lafayette or Iowa County Circuit Court for failure to license or renew as required by this article.
A. 
Where three or more violations occur within a 365-day period the Public Safety Committee may vote to ban an address from participation in this program, recording that decision in a Ban List.
B. 
A resident of a banned address may be petitioned to be removed from the ban list, no sooner than one year after the address being banned except where provided below.
C. 
The Ban List shall be reviewed annually by the Public Safety Committee in October or when a resident petitions the Committee upon purchasing a property whose address is on the banned list.
D. 
The Ban List shall be kept as a confidential record in care of the appropriate Village Officials.
E. 
If the Planning Commission chooses to end the permitting of chickens or deprecates the program entirely, written notice is to be served to applicable addresses where chickens are kept at least 90 days before the effective end date or date at which animals would need to be removed from the Village.
F. 
Whenever in the judgment of the Village Officer an emergency exists which requires immediate action to protect the public health, safety or welfare, an order may be issued without notice, conference, or hearing, directing the owner/occupant or apparent agent to take appropriate action to correct or abet the emergency. Should such a unique situation arise it is be discussed at next Public Safety Committee Meeting, by date upon which the order was given, regardless of which officer(s) were involved. Failure to comply with the notification provision is governed by Chapter 5.