Sierra Madre Municipal Code Ch. 6.08 Animals Generally

A. It is declared to be nuisance and it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to suffer or permit any:

1. Chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, doves, squabs or similar fowl; or

2. Hares, rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters; or

3. Other small animals raised for food, scientific or furbearing purposes; within fifty feet of any dwelling house or structure used as a dwelling house, unless such dwelling house or structure be occupied by him/her or it, or to keep the fowl or hares or rabbits or other small animals within one hundred feet of any street.

B. It is declared to be a nuisance and it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep on any premises owned or controlled by him/her or it more than twenty-four in number of any one kind or combination of:

1. Chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, doves, squabs or similar fowl; or

2. Hares, rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters; or

3. Other small animals raised for food, scientific or furbearing purposes.

(Prior code § 5307)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1442, § 3, adopted May 25, 2021, repealed former § 6.08.020 which pertained to cattle, horses, goats, mules and burros, and derived from prior code § 5308; Ord. 940, § 2, adopted in 1976; and Ord. 960, § 1, adopted in 1978.

It is declared to be nuisance and it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep or maintain any hog or hogs within the limits of the city.

(Prior code § 5309)

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep to maintain or suffer or permit to be kept or maintained, upon premises owned or controlled by him/her or it in the city, any hive of bees within two hundred feet of any dwelling house other than that occupied by the owner or person in control of such bees.

(Prior code § 5310)

It is declared to be a nuisance and it is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to keep, maintain or permit upon any lot or parcel of land within the city under his/her or its control, any animal or animals, including any fowl or fowls, which by any sound or cry shall disturb the peace and comfort of any neighborhood.

(Prior code § 5311)