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Policy Summary

Allows for and creates regulations and permitting process for keeping of hens for egg production for personal use in certain residential zones. Allows up to four hens, which must be kept in a coop (which can also have an attached fenced in area). Slaughtering on the property is not allowed. Chickens or eggs may be sold from the property if a conditional permit is obtained.

Background Information

State Wisconsin
Jurisdiction Name Black Earth
Jurisdiction Type Other, .
Population Size Under 5,000 People
Legal Strategies
  • Expressly allows something
  • Requires something, sets standards
Reach Limited scope
Applies only to R-1 and R-2 Family Residential Districts. § 100-9 (A).
Food System Category Grow;

Policy Details

Refers to priority populations?
No

Emergency management?
No
Health-related linkage?
Yes

Law includes "public health requirements." including the need to keep chickens in a "sanitary manner to prevent the spread of communicable diseases among birds, animals or to humans . . . ." § 100-9 (D).

Environmental linkage?
No

Economic linkage?
No

Includes findings?
No

Has a stated intent or purpose?
No

Includes definitions?
Yes

§ 100-9 (A) (7) and (8).

Addresses implementation?
Yes

The law states how the Village Administrator/Clerk/Treasurer should administer the permitting application/process. § 100-9 (B).

Enforcement provisions?
Yes

"Violations shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 1-4 of the Village Code of Ordinances." § 100-9 (B) (4).

Evaluation component?
No

Requires extra investment?
No

Code context and ordinance history

Section 100-9 (Keeping of Chickens) is found in Article III (Restrictions on Keeping of Dogs, Cats and Other Animals) in Chapter 100 (Animals) in Title II (General Legislation). History: Added 3-1-2016 by Ord. No. 07-01-2015.

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