18.80.030 Animal keeping.
Animal keeping is subject to the following standards:
A. Aviaries and Apiaries.
1. Buildings or hives for apiaries may not be closer than 75 feet to any neighboring residence.
2. Pens and structures for aviaries may not be closer than 40 feet to any neighboring residence.
B. Poultry, Bird, and Egg Farms. Poultry, bird, and egg farms are subject to the following standards:
1. Pens, buildings, and enclosures other than open pasture may not be located closer than 200 feet to any residential, commercial, or industrial district.
C. Livestock. Commercial breeding, raising, training, and grazing of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, ostriches, swine and other livestock are subject to the following standards:
1. Sites must be at least 10 acres in area.
2. Pens, buildings, corrals, and similar structures may not be closer than 200 feet to any residential, commercial, or industrial district.
D. Urban Chickens. The raising of chickens shall be subject to the following requirements, except in rural districts in which they do not apply:
1. No more than five hens may be kept on an individual lot.
2. Roosters shall be prohibited.
3. Chicken coops shall not be closer than 10 feet from any property line abutting, adjoining or otherwise meeting the property line of another residential lot or parcel. No separation shall be required from a property line or portion of a property line abutting, adjoining or otherwise meeting the property line of an alley, right-of-way, or common open space. Said coops shall be subject to all applicable requirements for accessory buildings, including rear and side yard setbacks, or a minimum setback of 10 feet, whichever is greater.
E. Horses. The keeping of horses is allowed on lots that are at least one acre in size. Up to three horses are allowed on one acre; an additional horse is permitted for each 3,000 square feet of lot area above one acre.
F. Household Pets. In all zoning districts except rural districts, a maximum of four dogs is allowed. These limitations do not apply to small animals kept within a residence, including cats, fish, small birds, rodents, and reptiles. Dogs confined in kennels shall not be kept closer than 20 feet from the nearest residential structure on an adjacent lot.
G. Boarding and Training Kennels in the General Commercial Zoning District. Boarding shall be limited to household pets; the commercial breeding of animals shall be prohibited. Hours of operation for outdoor areas shall be limited to between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. All indoor facilities shall be completely enclosed. All outdoor dog runs or exercise areas associated with a boarding facility shall not be located within a required landscape setback or within 100 feet of any residential use or district, whichever is more restrictive. Outdoor runs and exercise areas shall not be located within 25 feet of any building’s primary entrance on an abutting lot or suite and shall be enclosed by a minimum six-foot wall or fence. [Ord. 24-01 § 2; Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Ord. 18-06 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 401.03; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]