Ordinance 2124CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2124
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SECTION 9 -121 THEREOF TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
DOMESTIC FOWL ALLOWED TO BE KEPT BY CITY RESIDENTS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that:
Section 1 . The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended
by amending Section 9 -121 of Title IX, Chapter 1, Article 2
thereof to read:
Sec. 9 -121 Keeping Chickens and Other Domestic
Fowl. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to keep on any premises owned, occupied
or controlled by him or it in the City of Alameda, any
more than six (6) chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or
other domestic fowl. Any such fowl shall be kept in
an enclosure, no part of which is within twenty feet
of any dwelling house occupied by human beings,
excepting any and all dwelling houses owned or occupied
by such person, firm or corporation; provided, that any
of said fowl may be kept temporarily for purpose of sale
at any shop or place of business where the same are
bought, sold and dealt in.
Sectio 2. This ordinance shall not apply to persons
who at the time of its adoption maintain more than six (6) domestic
fowl, provided that such persons shall not keep more than twenty
(20) domestic fowl and provided that such persons register the
number of birds which they possess with the Animal Shelter before
April 1, 1983. The Animal Shelter shall verify the number.
Section 3 . This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was
duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of
Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 15th of February, 1983,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Diament, Gorman, Sherratt, Stone and President Corica - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 16th day of February, 1983.
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