City of Ann Arbor - File #: 08-0263

• File #: 08-0263
• Version: 2
• Name: 3/17/08 Ordinance to Add New Section 9:42, Amend Section 9:38, 9:45 and 9:52 of Chapter 107 (Animals)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/21/2008
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 4/21/2008
• Final action: 6/2/2008
• Enactment date: 6/2/2008
• Enactment #: ORD-08-19
• Title: An Ordinance to Add a New Section 9:42 to and Amend Sections 9:38, 9:45, and 9:52 of Chapter 107 (Animals) of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor - Backyard Chickens (Ordinance No. ORD-08-19)
• Sponsors: Mike Anglin, Stephen Kunselman, Margie Teall

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Held and Closed
6/2/2008	2	City Council
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Fail
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Pass
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Pass
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Pass
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Pass
6/2/2008	2	City Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
5/5/2008	2	City Council	Approved on First Reading	Pass
4/21/2008	1	City Council
4/21/2008	2	City Council	Amended	Pass
4/21/2008	2	City Council	Approved as Amended	Fail
3/17/2008	1	City Council	Postponed	Pass
3/17/2008	1	City Council

Title
An Ordinance to Add a New Section 9:42 to and Amend Sections 9:38, 9:45, and 9:52 of Chapter 107 (Animals) of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor - Backyard Chickens (Ordinance No. ORD-08-19)
Staff
Prepared by: Kristen D. Larcom, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Reviewed by: Stephen K. Postema, City Attorney
Approved by: Roger Fraser, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-08-19
First Reading : March 17, 2008 & May 5, 2008
Approved: June 2, 2008
Public Hearing : June 2, 2008
Published: June 8, 2008
Effective: August 7, 2008

ANIMALS
(REGARDING CHICKENS)

AN ORDINANCE TO ADD A NEW SECTION 9:42 TO AND AMEND SECTIONS 9:38, 9:45, AND 9:52 OF CHAPTER 107 (ANIMALS) OF TITLE IX OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR

The City of Ann Arbor Ordains:

Section 1. That Section 9:38 of Chapter 107 of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor be amended to read as follows:

9:38. Domestic animals and fowl.

(1) No person shall keep or house any animals or domestic fowl within the cityexcept dogs, cats, rabbits, canaries or small animals commonly classified as pets which are customarily kept or housed inside dwellings as household pets.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to animals or fowl that are kept or housed at city park facilities for exhibition.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the keeping of chickens in compliance with all requirements of Section 9:42.

(4) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the City or a third party from bringing a nuisance action based on the keeping of animals.

Section 2. That Section 9:42 be added to Chapter 107 of Title IX of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor to read as follows:

9:42. Keeping of Chickens.

(1) Any person who keeps chickens in the City of Ann Arbor shall obtain a permit from the City prior to acquiring the chickens. No permit shall be issued to a person , by the City, and no chickens shall be allowed to be kept unless the owners of all residentially zoned adjacent properties (as ...