ZDO 821: Livestock

821.01 Standards

Livestock shall be subject to the following standards:

1. Livestock shall not be kept for commercial purposes.
2. Livestock shall be properly caged or housed, and proper sanitation shall be maintained at all times.
3. All livestock food shall be stored in rodent-proof receptacles.
4. The keeping of swine is prohibited, except that the keeping of swine commonly referred to as Miniature Vietnamese, Chinese or Oriental pot-bellied pig (sus scrofa vittatus) is permitted, subject to the following standards:
   1. The maximum height of each swine is 18 inches at the shoulder, and the maximum weight of each swine is 95 pounds.
   2. The swine shall be spayed or neutered.
   3. No more than two such swine may be kept on a lot of record for any period in excess of three calendar days.
5. The minimum lot size for the keeping of cows, horses, and similar large livestock is one acre. Each of these animals, other than their young under the age of six months, shall be provided a minimum of 25,000 square feet of usable barn or pen area.
6. Each goat, miniature horse, or sheep, other than their young under the age of six months, shall be provided a minimum of 10,000 square feet of usable barn or pen area.
7. Roosters, peacocks, and any other fowl known for its loud call are prohibited. Other types of fowl, as well as rabbits, may be kept, subject to one of the following options:
   1. Hutches, coops, barns, or pens for any number of rabbits or fowl shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any dwelling other than the dwelling of the owner of the subject property; or
   2. A maximum of six rabbits or fowl, other than their young under the age of 12 weeks, are allowed in hutches, coops, barns, or pens located behind the building line of the dwelling and a minimum of five feet from all lot lines.
      1. All animal byproducts and waste shall be kept a minimum of five feet from all lot lines.
      2. Hutches, coops, barns, and pens shall be enclosed on those sides that are not otherwise screened from adjacent lots by a sight-obscuring fence, wall, or hedge a minimum of six feet in height.

[Amended by Ord. ZDO-224, 5/31/11; Amended by Ord. ZDO-268, 10/2/18]