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§ 17.100.120

Keeping of livestock and poultry

  • A. With the exception of household pets, no livestock, poultry or other animals are to be kept on any lot of less than three acres in size except as may be otherwise provided for under Sections 17.100.130(H) and 17.100.130(J) for the keeping of chicken hens.

  • B. Household pets are defined as those pets living with one or more persons or a family in a structure or a portion thereof providing independent living facilities, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating and sanitation, and containing a separate means of ingress and egress. The structure or portion thereof providing the independent living facilities shall not include outside areas or accessory structures such as garages, stables, sheds, coops or the like. Household pets shall include only domestic animals which are habituated to live with people within their household unit and which are not otherwise tamed to do so.

  • C. Any building used for housing livestock and poultry or the storage of fertilizer or manure is to be located not less than one hundred (100) feet from any property or street line, except as may otherwise be provided for under Section 17.100.130(I).

(Ord. 2000-4 (part), 2000)

(Ord. No. 2013-013, § 1, 9-11-2013)