§ 8175-5.2.4. Animals and fowl.

Animal husbandry, and the keeping of animals and fowl as accessory to dwellings, shall conform to the following standards. NOTE: The offspring of animals are allowed and shall not be counted until they are weanable or self-sufficient age. Dogs and cats shall be counted at four (4) months of age or more.

(a)

Pet Animals. Each dwelling unit is permitted the following (in addition to the animal units permitted under subsection (b):

COS CA CR CRE CR1	Up to 4 of any combination of the following: Chickens (excluding roosters), cooped Ducks and similar fowl, penned goose or turkey (limit 1), penned	4 dogs and 4 cats	4 rabbits or other domestic animals of similar size at maturity, caged.	Domestic birds (must be kept inside the dwelling; see also Section 8175-5.2.3).
CR2, RB, CRPD
RBH		2 dogs and 2 cats*

 

* Any combination of dogs and cats totaling not more than four (4) animals.

(b)

Farm Animals. Farm animals are permitted in accordance with the following table:

Zone	Minimum Lot Area Required (c)	Number of Animals (a)	Minimum Setbacks (b)
COS CA	20,000 sq. ft.	Lots of 10 acres or less: one animal unit for each 10,000 sq. ft. of lot area (more with a Conditional Use Permit). Lots over 10 acres: no limit.	Farm animals and fowl shall not be housed, stabled, lodged, kept, maintained, pastured or confined within 40 feet of any school, church, hospital, public place, business, dwelling or other structure used for human habitation, other than the personal residence of the owner or keeper thereof.
CR	20,000 sq. ft.	One animal unit for each 10,000 sq. ft. of lot area.

 

One (1) Animal Unit Equals:

• One (1) cow, bull, horse, mule or donkey; or

• Three (3) sheep or female goats; or

• Up to six (6) of any combination of geese or turkeys; or

• Up to ten (10) of any combination of chickens, ducks or game hens; or

• Two (2) ponies, pigs, male goats, peacocks or guinea fowl (or a combination thereof totaling two (2); or

• Twenty (20) fur-bearing animals, such as rabbits, and others of a similar size at maturity.

Notes to animal unit table:

(1)

In calculations for permitted animals, fractional numbers are to be rounded to the lower whole number.

(2)

These separation requirements do not apply to pet animals.

(3)

Abutting lots that are under unified control, either through ownership or by means of a lease, may be combined in order to meet minimum area requirements for animal-keeping or to keep a larger number of animals, but only for the duration of such common ownership or lease, and only in zones that allow the keeping of animals as a principal use.

(Ord. No. 4451, § 9, 12-11-2012)