Sec 42-306 Keeping Livestock And Fowl

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• Additional hives rate

  Additional hives may be kept on lots greater than 10,000 square feet at a rate of 1 hive per 1,000 square feet.

• Barn setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft

  Barns or run-ins housing animals shall be a minimum of 10 feet from any property line

• Coop setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line5 ft

  Coops shall be a minimum of 5 feet from any property line.

• Flight path barrier heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

  If the main entrance to the hive faces a property line and is within 10 feet of the property line, there must be a flight path barrier (fence, structure, or plantings) at least 6 feet high in front of the hive.

• Livestock fence setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from streams20 ft

  situated at least twenty (20) feet from streams, tributaries, ditches, swales, storm water management facilities, drop-inlets, or other storm drainage areas

• Maximum animal units per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.1 per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  shall not exceed one animal unit per acre of fenced area

• Maximum beehives4 hives

  Honeybees in up to four beehives may be kept in the rear yard on any lot

• Maximum fowl per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.30 per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  At a rate equivalent of 30 fowl per acre may be kept on any residential lot to the side and rear of the residence.