Can you have chickens in cincinnati

My husband want to build a chicken coop with the entire thing closed top and bottom with plenty of room for the chickens to roam. Do you know if this is allowed? We live on a acre of land. I'm curious where you found the information that Mariemont permits chickens, since I have heard that Mariemont doesn't allow them. Could you possibly show me that source? It would be much appreciated! Anonymous, I believe chickens have always been legal in Mariemont under certain conditions, at least as recently as The information in my table was from calls I personally made to municipalities around the area or research I did online of their posted ordinances.

Does anyone know if backyard chickens are allowed in Deer Park, Ohio. Any information about how many and how much land would be helpful as well. This is incorrect about Mt. I am on City Council in MH, and we currently allow chicken-keeping as long as they are for domestic use and currently have many residents who have backyard coops legally. We are currently working on updating our code regarding chickens, but they are allowed and will continued to be allowed.

Feel free to email me with additional questions, I would appreciate if you correct your site. James Wolf jwolf mthealthy. Healthy does allow chickens. I am on City Council in MH and can definitively say that chicken keeping is allowed as long as it is for domestic use. We currently have many residents who raise backyard chickens and are happy to have them in the City.

We are currently working on updating our ordinances relating to chickens, but can tell you that chicken keeping has always been legal and will continue to be legal. Please update your blog to correct this and feel free to email me with any additional questions or concerns. Sincerely, James Wolf jwolf mthealthy. I have been having a hard time pinning down a concrete answer, so I figures I'd ask here. I live within city limits of Hamilton Ohio, that's butler county. We are wanting to get hens to raise for eggs.

They would have a completely covered run along with coupe. There would be no free-ranging what so ever. The ordinance that I have found isn't clear on its definition of cages fowl.

Any clarification would be great! Thank you and God Bless. James, thanks for your comment. The city may have no plans to enforce this, but the land use code only allows "The keeping of small animals, provided, however, that buildings housing animals be at least feet from adjacent property lines and that the lot or tract of land have an area of not less than ten acres. This is why I have Mt Healthy listed as 'essentially prohibit' rather than 'prohibit.

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Most people who share this passion start with chickens. In the city of Cincinnati, you are allowed to have up to 10 chickens no roosters , and your coop has to be 25 feet away from any structures.