The document outlines an animal ordinance regarding the housing of fowl. It recommends enclosures be at least 50 feet from neighboring residential structures and limits the number of fowl allowed based on the enclosure's distance from dwellings. For enclosures 50 to 100 feet away, no more than 6 fowl are permitted, and for those over 100 feet, up to 12 fowl are allowed. The ordinance also declares it a nuisance if the keeping of fowl creates odor, noise, attracts pests, or endangers health within the city limits or 5,000 feet outside.

1. Animal Ordinance
Housing of Fowl
Billy Couch, Police Chief
May 13, 2021

2. Council recommendations
• Consider enclosure range of 50 feet from
neighboring residential structures
• Consider limitations on number of fowl
maintained in enclosure.

3. Keeping Fowl in Enclosures
• Any enclosure that houses fowl must be at
least 50 feet from any dwelling other than the
dwelling occupied by the owner of the fowl
– Any enclosure at 50 to 100 feet may house up to 6 fowl.
– Any enclosure greater than 100 feet may house up to 12
fowl.

4. Nuisance section added
• Nuisance. A person commits and offense and
it is declared a nuisance and may be enforced
5,000 feet outside the City limits, if a person
keeps foul in any way that creates odor,
unreasonable noise that would annoy or disturb
a person of ordinary sensibilities, attracts pests,
or endangers the health, safety, comfort or
repose of any person.