(a) 
Keeping swine.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any swine within the city.
(b) 
Area requirements.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep a cow, goat, horse, ostrich, or emu on any premises where the overall area is less than one-third (1/3) of an acre for each cow, 10 goats, horse, ostrich, or emu kept, or keep more of said animals than can be cared for under sanitary conditions. The total number of cows, goats, horses, ostriches, or emus permitted shall not exceed one (1) adult per one-third (1/3) acre for the first (1st) acre except for ten (10) goats, and two (2) adults per acre for each additional acre over two (2) acres of a single tract of land except for twenty (20) goats.
(c) 
Pens and enclosures.
Livestock pens, stables, corrals, or enclosures shall be capable of preventing the entry of the general public and capable of preventing the escape of the livestock.
(d) 
Distance from occupied buildings.
It shall be unlawful for any person to confine any horse, cow, sheep, goat, or any other livestock or poultry within twenty feet (20') of any adjacent residence or occupied building.
(e) 
Exceptions.
An exception to this section will be made for students of the Bartlett Independent School District who, for educational purposes, elect to raise livestock for FFA (Future Farmers of America) and 4H. Any such livestock will be kept in a designated area at the Bartlett Independent School in Bartlett, Texas.
(Ordinance 2015-004, sec. 20, adopted 9/14/2015)
(a) 
Running at large prohibited.
(1) 
The running at large of chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, or other domestic fowls upon the public streets and alleys of the city, or upon the lands of any person other than the lands owned or controlled by the owner of such domestic fowls, constitutes a public nuisance and is injurious to the public health and comfort of the citizens of the city.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or has under his or her control within the city any chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese, or other domestic fowls to allow any of such domestic fowls to run at large upon any of the public streets or alleys of the city, or upon the lands of any person other than the lands owned or controlled by the owners of such domestic fowls.
(b) 
Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in an amount in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 111 adopted 5/1/1922; 1989 Code, secs. 2.501, 2.502; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)