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Los Alamos County, NM, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2023The county's code provides for solar access protections and the keeping of livestock in residential districts. -
Savannah, GA, Code of Ordinances
Updated October 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Stillwater, MN, Code of Ordinances
2017The city code's animals chapter addresses the keeping of bees on single-family and some two-family properties. -
Skokie, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The village code's animal chapter was amended in 2013 to address residential beekeeping. -
Sterling, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city code's animal chapter includes a section on miniature potbellied pigs. -
La Cañada Flintridge, CA, Zoning Code
2017The city's zoning code includes a chapter on animal keeping in residential zones. -
Lawton, OK, Municipal Code
Updated February 2022The city code's animal chapter allows the keeping of large and small animals other than cats and dogs as well as bees. -
Grand Prairie, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city code's animal chapter establishes requirements for keeping livestock and fowl. -
Gulfport, FL, Code of Ordinances
2016The city code's animal chapter was amended in 2009 to allow the keeping of up to 10 chickens on properties within the city. -
Manatee County, FL, Code of Ordinances
2017The county code's animal chapter was amended in 2013 to address the keeping of chickens on residential property. -
Cleveland, OH, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021These regulations belong to the Creative Placemaking, Food Systems, Food Trucks, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, and Wind Energy collections. -
Clearwater, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021This city's codified ordinance belongs to the Food Systems, Shared Mobility, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Batavia, IL, City Code
2017The city's animal control ordinance allows up to 8 hens on single-family residential and school properties. -
Buffalo, NY, Municipal Code
2017The city's property maintenance code was amended in 2009 to allow for keeping chicken hens in residential districts with a license. -
Beaverton, OR, City Code
Updated October 2021The city code's public protection title allows for urban chicken-keeping on single-family residential parcels of at least 5,000 SF. -
Beloit, WI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's property maintenance code includes an ordinance regulating the keeping of chickens within the city. -
Seeding the City: Land Use Policies to Promote Urban Agriculture
October 2011by: Heather Wooten, Amy AckermanThis toolkit belongs to the Food Systems, Urban Agriculture and Urban Livestock collections. -
Alachua County, FL, County Code
Updated February 2022The county's Unified Land Development Code addresses the noncommercial raising of poultry or livestock on parcels less than five acres. -
Schaumburg, IL, Policy Manual
2017The village's policy manual includes a policy statement establishing a community bee garden on village-owned land. -
Food Producing Animals (FPA) Suggested Care Practices and Local Resources: Chickens, Ducks, and Goats
n.d.This local guide from Denver, CO, describes important considerations for residents before they decide to get backyard chickens, ducks, or goats. -
Urban Agriculture and Backyard Beekeeping
2015This briefing paper provides background information related to urban beekeeping, and addresses the common concerns and benefits from health, environment, social, and economic standpoints. -
Portland, ME, City Code
Updated August 2022This regulation belongs to the Food Systems, Green Building, Historic Preservation, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Northampton, MA, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Farmland Protection, Social Equity, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Nampa, ID, Municipal Code
Updated May 2022The city's planning and zoning code includes a chapter on animal zoning regulations that addresses keeping agricultural animals as pets. -
Rio Rancho, NM, Municipal Code
2017The city code's animal chapter addresses domestic livestock, including chickens and pygmy goats. -
Concord, NH, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2018These regulations belong to the Home Occupations and Urban Livestock collections. -
Des Moines, WA, Municipal Code
2018The city's zoning code was amended in 2014 to address the keeping of farm animals in residential zones. -
Corpus Christi, TX, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal care and control code allows urban domestic fowl (chickens) and beekeeping in residential districts. -
De Pere, WI, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal code allows the keeping of chickens and bees in residential districts with a permit. -
Fort Bragg, CA, Municipal Code
2017The city's zoning code addresses the keeping of fowl, poultry, swine, horses, cows, other large animals, and bees. -
Fayette County, GA, Code of Ordinances
2017The county's zoning code allows beekeeping and chicken keeping on single-family residential lots. -
Dallas, NC, Code of Ordinances
2017The town's animal code was amended in 2013, 2016, and 2017 to address urban beekeeping. -
Dade City, FL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's animal code was amended in 2012 to allow the keeping of hens within the city limits. -
Wauwatosa, WI, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
St. Petersburg, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2021This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Transfer of Development Rights, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Naperville, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The city's zoning ordinance addresses accessory solar energy systems; the animal control ordinance addresses fowl and livestock as well as beekeeping. -
Will County, IL, Code of Ordinances
2017The county's zoning code addresses solar energy systems and animal keeping in residential districts. -
Chickens and Ducks in Anne Arundel County, MD
2013This local guide from Anne Arundel County, MD, offers guidelines on keeping chickens and ducks within the county. -
A Guide to Owning Chickens in Richmond, VA
2013This local guide summarizes basic information, program details, and permit application information for keeping chickens within the city of Richmond, VA. -
Keeping Animals in Boulder County, CO
2013This local guide from Boulder County, CO, summarizes the county's regulations for keeping animals, including chickens and bees. -
Small Animals and Livestock
DDES Customer Information Bulletin # 41A, 2013This local guide from King County, WA, offers a detailed description of animal regulations in the county. -
A Guide to the Rules and Regulations and Best Practices for Keeping Backyard Hens
n.d.This local guide from Garner, NC, summarizes regulations and chicken care essentials. -
Backyard Poultry: Implications for Public Health and Safety
Food Policy Research Center Issue Brief, 2013by: Tanya Bailey, Jean LarsonThis briefing paper summarizes the current science related to the public health and safety aspects of keeping a small flock of backyard poultry. -
Developing Regulations for Keeping Urban Chickens
2015by: Jacquie JacobThis article from Cooperative Extension provides recommendations on developing regulations for urban chickens. -
The ABCs of Urban Agriculture
2015This urban agriculture guide from Somerville, MA, promotes best emerging practices and provides the forms required for urban agriculture in the city. -
Suggestions for Ordinances Allowing Backyard Poultry
2010by: Darrin Karcher, Paul Wylie, R.M. FultonThis bulletin lists recommendations for backyard chicken ordinances that address animal welfare, neighbor annoyance concerns, and environmental impacts. -
Model Beekeeping Ordinance for Florida (Local and Municipal) Governments
n.d.This model ordinance was developed by the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida to regulate the keeping of honey bees. -
Model Beekeeping Ordinance
2007This model beekeeping ordinance was prepared by the Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association. -
Of Backyard Chickens and Front Yard Gardens: The Conflict Between Local Governments and Locavores
University of Maine Law School Digital Commons, 2012by: Sarah SchindlerThis article explores justifications for the replacement of proscriptive urban agriculture bans with new prescriptive and permissive urban agriculture policies and regulations.
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