Marthasville board banning most farm animals from city

By: Adam Rollins, Staff Writer
Posted 12/11/20

The city of Marthasville has banned the keeping of most types of farm animals within city limits. Rabbits, hens and pot-bellied pigs will be the only farm animals allowed starting early next year.

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Marthasville board banning most farm animals from city

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The city of Marthasville has banned the keeping of most types of farm animals within city limits. Rabbits, hens and pot-bellied pigs will be the only farm animals allowed starting early next year.

The Board of Aldermen on Nov. 18 passed an ordinance that essentially eliminates the permission residents previously had to keep horses, goats, ponies, and non-chicken fowls.

Aldermen also restricted pot-bellied pigs to one pig per household. Other types of pigs had been the only type of farm animal the city had previously banned.

The city announced last week that enforcement of the farm animal prohibition will begin by March 1, 2021.

The new farm animal ordinance leaves in place some restrictions that were already present in city ordinance:

• The farm animals allowed under the ordinance may only be kept as pets or for “personal use,” not for any commercial or resale purposes.

• Only eight hens may be kept per household. Roosters are not allowed.

• Hen enclosures must meet a series of criteria for safe keeping and sanitation, which have not changed with the new ordinance.

• Hens may be slaughtered, but only in a location where the slaughtering cannot be observed from outside the property.

Marthasville Board of Aldermen

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