A.
A person
shall not keep any animal, fowl, or bird, wild or domestic, other
than cats, dogs, canaries, or birds of the psittacine family, within
thirty-five feet of any restaurant food establishment, residence,
dwelling, or other building used for the habitation of human beings,
or within one hundred feet of any school building, hospital building
or similar institution building. It is unlawful to keep or maintain
a premises, yard, coop or building in which fowl or animals are maintained
in a foul or insanitary condition. The provisions of this section
regarding distances shall not apply to accredited laboratories regulated
by the California Department of Health Services.
B.
Any
resident that wishes to keep chickens, hens, and/or fowl, shall be
permitted to keep no more than two chickens, hens, and/or fowl at
any one time in residential areas.
C.
Any
resident keeping chickens, hens, and/or fowl shall adhere to the above
stated guidelines as well as all other established regulations within
the city of Lawndale regarding the safe care and handling of animals
in a humane manner.
(Ord. 1202-23 § 2)
