South Pasadena Municipal Code § 5.4 Same

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any chicks, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, pigeons, doves, squabs, or similar fowl, or any hare or hares or rabbit or rabbits owned or controlled by such person to run at large or to go upon the premises of any other person in the city, or to keep or maintain the same within fifteen feet of the property line of any adjacent improved lot or parcel of land or within fifty feet of any dwelling other than that occupied by such person. (Ord. No. 1301, § 1.)

5.4-1 Same—Number of chickens or fowl which may be kept.¶

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain in the city within two hundred feet of any dwelling other than that occupied by such person, more than twelve chickens or more than fifty chicks or fowl of any kind under four months old, or more than ten rabbits or hares over the age of four months old, or more than twenty-five rabbits or hares under the age of four months. (Ord. No. 1301, § 1.)

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5.4-2 Same—Racing pigeons.¶

It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or liberate in the city homing or racing pigeons except as follows:

(a) Homing and racing pigeons shall be kept or liberated within the city only if a permit in writing, authorizing the keeping or liberation of such homing and racing pigeons, be first applied for and obtained from the city council; provided, however:

(1) That no such permit shall be issued to keep in excess of seventy-five such pigeons (excluding squabs).

(2) That no such permit shall be issued to liberate in excess of fifty such pigeons.

(3) That no such permit shall be issued to keep or liberate such pigeons within fifty feet of any dwelling unit (other than the dwelling of the permittee).

(4) That no such permit shall be issued to keep such pigeons for market or commercial purpose.

(5) That no such permit shall be issued to keep or liberate such pigeons: (a) Under circumstances constituting a nuisance to neighboring properties; or (b) in violation of the zoning code or other ordinance of this city.

(b) Every application for a permit to keep and liberate for exercise and racing of such carrier, homing and racing pigeons shall be made upon forms to be furnished for that purpose by the city council, signed by the applicant and filed with the city council. No such application shall be received for filing by the city council unless accompanied by a filing fee of twenty-five dollars.

(1) The lofts or pigeon houses for the keeping of such racing and homing pigeons shall be constructed in such manner as to preclude the attraction of rodents.

(2) All feed for such pigeons shall be stored in containers which offer protection against rodents.

(3) All pigeon droppings and food scraps shall be removed from the premises at least once a week and disposed of in a sanitary manner.

(4) Lofts or pigeon houses shall be maintained in a sanitary condition. (Compliance with the health regulations promulgated by the state racing pigeon organization is declared to be a reasonable and prima facie standard for sanitary conditions);

(d) Each permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be valid for a period of one year from and after the date of issuance and shall be renewable upon the payment to the city council of a renewal fee in the sum of ten dollars annually.

(e) It shall be the duty of each such permittee, to scrape or clean such pigeon lofts and houses, wherein such carrier, racing and homing pigeons are kept at least three times each week, and the applicant shall permit the department of health to inspect each such loft and pigeon house at least once each month.

(f) Any such permit may be revoked upon notice to permittee for violation of any provision hereof or for permitting such pigeons to become a nuisance to neighboring properties. (Ord. No. 1435, § 2.)

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