Laserfiche WebLink
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, THAT: <br />Section 1. Sections 6.16.010 and 6.16.020 of the Louisville Municipal Code are <br />hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are <br />strisken t gh): <br />Sec. 6.16.010. Running at large prohibited. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person who is the owner or custodian of <br />any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, hogs, er- goats, or fowl to suffer or permit <br />such animals to run at large within the city. Any such animals found <br />running at large may be taken up, impounded, and disposed of by the <br />police department in the manner provided by state law. <br />Sec. 6.16.020. Keeping of certain animals prohibited. <br />A. It is unlawful for any person to maintain or to keep any cattle, sheep, <br />goats, swine, chickens' horses, roosters, more than six (6) female <br />chickens (hens) or other livestock within the city, except in areas zoned <br />agricultural A or restricted rural residential R -RR. The keeping of such <br />animals within areas of the city not specifically excepted herein is <br />declared to be a nuisance. <br />B. It is unlawful for any person to maintain or to keep more than or three <br />ducks, geese or turkeys, or any combination thereof, within the city in <br />areas zoned for such use as provided in the zoning regulations. The <br />keeping of more than three fowl ducks, geese or turkeys, or any <br />combination thereof, within areas of the city not specifically excepted <br />herein is declared a nuisance. <br />C. It is unlawful for any person to maintain or to keep any female chickens <br />(hens) except in those areas where specifically allowed pursuant to <br />subsection A or chapter 6.20 of this title. The keeping of such animals <br />within areas of the city not specifically excepted herein is declared to <br />be a nuisance. <br />Section 2. Chapter 6.20 (entitled "Fowl ") of the Louisville Municipal Code is <br />hereby repealed and re- enacted as Chapter 6.20 (entitled "Backyard Hens "), to read in <br />full as follows: <br />Ordinance No. 1644, Series 2013 <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />