The keeping of fowl is allowed on a parcel that is zoned AGD-General Agricultural District, AGD-FP-General Agricultural Farmland Preservation Overlay District, and RR-Rural Residential District with three or more acres in accordance with Chapter
76, Article
I. The keeping of fowl with a license is allowed on a parcel that is zoned RR-Rural Residential District with less than three acres and R1-Single-Family Residential District as provided herein. The following criteria constitute standards and practices that when applied to small-scale keeping of fowl on residential parcel, protects the health, safety, property, and welfare of the general public.
COOP
A small enclosed structure where chickens or ducks are kept.
FOWL
The term "fowl" used throughout this section shall exclusively
mean chicken or duck. The term "fowl" does not include roosters, quail,
grouse, pheasant, turkeys, peacocks, emus, ostriches or the like.
RUN
An enclosed area, attached to a coop, in which chickens or
ducks are allowed to run around and peck.
The maximum number of fowl allowed on a parcel with a license
is no more than four.
The following best practices are established as standards of
operation for any small-scale keeping of fowl operation hereafter
licensed by the Village:
A. No person shall keep any rooster, except for parcels zoned AGD-General
Agricultural District or AGD-FP-General Agricultural Farmland Preservation
Overlay District.
B. Coops and runs shall be cleaned of feces, uneaten feed, feathers,
and other waste as necessary to ensure the birds health and minimize
odor and other nuisances.
C. Fowl shall be provided with adequate water, food, and shelter.
D. Feed shall be stored in containers which make the feed inaccessible
to rodents, vermin, wild birds, and predators.
E. All fowl shall be kept within a ventilated, and weather-proof coop.
F. No fowl shall run at large. Any fowl not secured within a coop or
run area, or equivalent, within the property limits of its owner or
keeper, is declared to be at large, and is declared to be a public
nuisance.
G. Deceased fowl shall be disposed of immediately in a safe manner,
which may include trash disposal after placing the deceased fowl in
a sealed bag.
H. Applicant shall comply with Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Trade, and Consumer Protection's premises registration program.
I. Unusual illness or death of fowl shall be immediately reported to
the Outagamie County Health Department.