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(a) (b) (a) (b) (1) (2) (Code 1965, § 113.04) Sec. 3-3-5. - Conditions. It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping, or harboring pigeons to permit the premises where the pigeons are kept to be or remain in an unhealthy, unsanitary, or obnoxious condition, or to permit the premises to be in such condition that obnoxious odors are carried to adjacent public or private property. (Code 1965, § 113.05) CHAPTER 3-4. - CHICKENS Sec. 3-4-1. - Limitation on number allowed. It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor chickens on any premises unless issued a permit to do so as provided in this chapter or except as specifically allowed under law or ordinance. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no permit shall be issued for the keeping or harboring of more than three hen chickens on any premises. No permit shall be issued for the keeping of any rooster chicken on any premises. A permit may be issued by the common council for the keeping or harboring of up to 12 hen chickens if the applicant is involved in educational or instructional activity, and the need for the greater number of chickens is directly related to the educational or instructional activity. (Code 1965, § 113A.01; Ord. No. 4058, 3-19-2012; Ord. No. 4511, §§ 1, 2, 2-5-2024) Sec. 3-4-2. - Denitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Chicken coop means a structure for housing chickens made of wood or other similar materials that provides shelter from the elements. Chicken run means an enclosed outside yard for keeping chickens. Premises means any platted lot or group of contiguous lots, parcels or tracts of land. (Code 1965, § 113A.11) Sec. 3-4-3. - Permit. No person shall maintain a chicken coop and run unless they have been granted a permit by the city. The permit shall be subject to all terms and conditions of this chapter and any additional conditions deemed necessary by the city to protect the public health, safety and welfare. The necessary permit applications are available online and in the city clerk's office. Included with the completed application must be a scaled diagram that indicates the location of any chicken coop and run, and the approximate size and distance from adjoining structures and property lines. A permit for the keeping of chickens may be revoked or suspended by the council for any violation of this chapter following written notice and a public hearing. The fee for a permit shall be established as part of the fee schedule adopted by the common council. Issued permits will be valid until December 31 of the following year. (Code 1965, § 113A.02; Ord. No. 4434, § 1, 7-19-2021; Ord. No. 4511, § 3, 2-5-2024) Sec. 3-4-4. - Connement. Every person who owns, controls, keeps, maintains or harbors hen chickens must keep them confined at all times while in the city in a chicken coop and chicken run. Any coop and run shall be screened with a solid fence or landscaped buffer with a minimum height of four feet. Any coop and run shall be at least 25 feet from any residential structure on any other premises. (Code 1965, § 113A.03) Sec. 3-4-5. - Requirements for chicken coops and runs. All chicken coops and runs must be located at least 25 feet from any dwelling on any other premises. All chicken coops must meet the requirements of the building and zoning codes, must not exceed ten square feet per chicken and must not exceed six feet in total height. Attached fenced-in chicken runs must not exceed 20 square feet per chicken and must not exceed six feet in total height. Chicken runs may be enclosed with wood and/or woven wire materials, and allow chickens to contact the ground. Chicken feed and manure must be kept in rodent-proof and raccoon-proof containers and must not be placed in yard compost piles. Chicken coops must be as follows: Elevated with a clear open space of at least 24 inches between the ground surface and framing/floor of the coop; or The coop floor, foundation and footings must be constructed using rodent-resistant concrete construction.196