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Chapter 10 - ANIMALS (clean – no tracked changes) <br />FOOTNOTE(S): <br />--- (1) --- <br />State Law reference— General authority relative to animals, Minn. Stats. §§ 410.33, 412.221, subd. 21; <br />animal health, Minn. Stats. ch. 35; dogs and cats, Minn. Stats. ch. 347; cruelty to animals, Minn. Stats. § <br />343.20 et seq.; stray animals and companion animals, Minn. Stats. ch. 346. (Back) <br />ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL <br />Sec. 10-1. - Keeping of certain animals, livestock and poultry. <br />(a) Animals on less than three acres. None of the following animals shall be maintained on any parcel of <br />land in the city that is not at least 3.0 acres (130,680 square feet) in size: llamas, cows, mules, donkeys, <br />burros, goats, pigs, sheep, Iambs, turkey, geese and ducks. EXCEPTION: Chickens (hens only, no <br />roosters or crowing hens) may be maintained on parcels less than three acres. The following chart <br />prescribes the number of chickens that can be maintained on lots of record to which the animal owner <br />has fee title and desires to maintain chickens: <br />Lot Size <br />0.00 to 0.24 Acres <br />0.25 to 0.49 Acres <br />0.50 to 0.74 Acres <br />0.75 to 0.99 Acres <br />1.00 to 1.24 Acres <br />1.25 to 1.49 Acres <br />1.50 to 1.74 Acres <br />1.75 to 1.99 Acres <br />2.00 to 2.24 Acres <br />2.25 to 2.49 Acres <br />Number of Chickens Permitted <br />(no roosters or crowing hens) <br />6 <br />8 <br />12 <br />16 <br />20 <br />24 <br />28 <br />32 <br />36 <br />40 <br />Page 1 <br />