Municipal Codes

City of Long Beach –

6.20.010 – Definitions.

The following words, as used in this chapter, shall have the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context:

A.”Coop” means and includes any pen, coop or enclosure wherein live fowl are kept and maintained.

B.”Crowing fowl” means and includes any male fowl capable of making a sound peculiar to its species or type.

C.”Fowl” means and includes male and female chicken, duck, goose, seafowl, peacock, turkey and pheasant.

(Ord. C-7781 § 1, 2001)

6.20.020 – Fowl—Number restricted.

No person shall keep or maintain more than a total of twenty (20) live fowl or any combination of such animals on any lot or parcel of land within the city.

(Ord. C-7781 § 1, 2001)

6.20.030 – Fowl—Distance from dwelling.

A.Except as provided in Subsection 6.20.030.B., no person shall keep or maintain any live fowl within the city less than fifty feet (50′) from any single-family or two-family dwelling or less than one hundred feet (100′) from any hotel or dwelling occupied by, or designed for the occupancy of three (3) or more families.
B.One (1) live fowl may be kept or maintained as a pet on any lot or parcel of land within the city, provided that the pen, coop or other such enclosure for any such pet fowl shall be no less than twenty feet (20′) from any structure designed or used for human habitation.

(Ord. C-7781 § 1, 2001)

6.20.050 – Crowing fowl prohibited.

No person shall keep or maintain or cause to be kept or maintained any crowing fowl.

(Ord. C-7781 § 1, 2001)