HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHAPTER 113 CHAPTER 113. PIGEONS
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Updated 2014 113-1
113. PIGEONS
113.01. Pigeons Limited. It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor pigeons on
any premises unless issued a permit to do so as provided in this chapter. No permit shall be
issued for the keeping or harboring of more than 50 pigeons on any premises. The term
"premises" for the purposes of this section shall mean any platted lot or group of contiguous
lots, parcel, or tract of land.
113.02. Permit. No person shall maintain a pigeon coop or loft unless they have been
granted a permit therefore by the city clerk. All applications for a permit shall specify the
location of the coop or loft, and its approximate size. Any pigeon coop or loft authorized by
permit under this section may be inspected at any reasonable time by any agent of the city. A
pigeon coop or loft permit may be revoked or suspended by the council for violation of the
provisions of this chapter following written notice and an opportunity for a hearing. A fee of
$6.00 shall be charged for each permit which shall expire on December 31 of the permit year.
If an application for renewal is not filed prior to the date of expiration, the permit fee for the
succeeding year shall be $12.00.
113.03. Confinement. Every person who owns, controls, keeps, maintains, or harbors
pigeons shall keep them confined at all times while in the city in a cage, coop, or loft, except
that homing or carrier pigeons, Rollers, or Tumblers, each having the owner's name or initials
or other identification on a leg band, may be permitted to fly for necessary exercise and
training while under the restrained control of the owner. Pigeons shall not be permitted to
deface or light on buildings or property of others.
113.04. Pigeon Coops or Lofts. All pigeons shall be confined in a coop or loft located
not less than 25 feet from any residential building on other premises. All pigeons shall be
housed in structures meeting the requirements of the building and zoning codes.
113.05. 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.
(1866, 11/1/76; 2023, 2/20/79; 2218, 11/18/81)