FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
DATE ________________
LICENSE # ____________
CITY OF DULUTH
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
318 City Hall ! 411 West First Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55802-1189
Phone (218) 730-5500
Fax (218) 730-5923
LICENSE APPLICATION
Type in your information by tabbing through the boxes below. Print, sign and submit all pages to the address above.
GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT - CLASSIFICATION WARNING: The data you supply on this form will be used to process the license
you are applying for. You are not legally required to provide this data, but we will not be able to process the license without it. Some of the
data will be classified as public data if and when the license is granted. Private financial information including a social security number is
classified as private data and will be available to governmental personnel and other governmental agencies whose access is necessary to
perform their official duties.
LICENSE FEE
KEEPING OF CHICKENS =
$12.00
LICENSEE NAME/ADDRESS
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
PHONE: _____________________________________
LICENSE PERIOD: JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31
NEW LICENSE RENEWAL LICENSE
SEE THE ATTACHED SUPPLEMENT
FOR REQUIREMENTS AND
REGULATIONS.
A SITE PLAN IS REQUIRED.
CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
No changes have been made to the
structure location.
Changes have been made to the structure
location. **A NEW SITE PLAN IS
REQUIRED**
I HEREBY STATE THAT ALL INFORMATION HERE IS TRUE AND CORRECT AND THAT I SHALL COMPLY WITH
ALL PROVISION 0F THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DULUTH AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
AND THEIR AMENDMENTS.
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Signature of Applicant
MAILING ADDRESS:
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CITY OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA
SUPPLEMENT TO KEEPING OF CHICKENS LICENSE
RETURN THIS SIGNED & DATED SUPPLEMENT WITH APPLICATION
OBTAINING A LICENSE TO KEEP CHICKENS
(a) Any person who keeps chickens in the city of Duluth other than areas zoned Rural-
Conservation (R-C) or Residential-Rural 1 (RR-1) under sections 50-14.2 and 50-14.3 of this
Code, shall obtain an annual license prior to acquiring the chickens. Only one license shall be
allowed per one-family dwelling or two-family dwelling as defined in Section 50-41 of this Code.
A license granted to a two-family dwelling shall require written permission from the occupants
of both dwelling units. The license year commences on January 1 and ends on the following
December 31. Applications shall be made to the city clerk. The city clerk shall collect the
license fee;
(b) Fees to be charged for the issuance of a license to keep chickens shall be set in
accordance with Section 31-6(a) of this Code;
(c) All licenses shall be conditioned upon passing a mandatory inspection by the animal
control authority;
(d) The animal control authority may refuse to grant or may revoke a license if the
chickens become a nuisance, as evidenced by a third admitted or judicially-determined violation
of the Duluth City Code within 12 months of the first of the three admitted or judicially-
determined violations;
(e) The animal control authority may refuse to grant or may revoke a license to a person
convicted of cruelty to animals under a code, ordinance or statute from this state, or a code,
ordinance or statute from another state;
(f) All reports of such inspections and reviews shall be in writing and maintained by the
animal control authority.
KEEPING OF CHICKENS
(a) Each person holding a license to keep chickens within the city of Duluth shall comply
with the following:
(1) The principle use of the property where the chickens are to be kept is a single
family dwelling as defined in Section 50-1.18 of Duluth City Code as “any building or portion
thereof which is designed for or used for residential purposes”;
(2) No person shall keep more than five chickens;
(3) No person shall keep a rooster;
(4) No person shall keep any chickens inside a dwelling unit;
(5) No person shall slaughter any chickens within the city of Duluth;
(6) Chickens shall be provided a secure and well ventilated roofed structure in
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compliance with the current zoning and building codes.
Building permits are not required for accessory buildings 120 square feet or less,
but setback requirements do apply:
Setback from rear property line -- 5 feet minimum.
Setback from side property line - 3 feet minimum (if located in rear yard).
Setbacks from front, interior side and corner side yards are site specific.
Building permits for structures over 120 square feet can be obtained in the Building
Safety Office, 100 City Hall.
An electrical permit is required for branch wiring to an accessory structure and can
be obtained in the Building Safety Office, 100 City Hall;
(7) The roofed structure shall be fully enclosed, wind proof, have one square foot of
window to 15 square feet of floor space and have a heat source to maintain an adequate indoor
temperature during extreme cold conditions;
(8) The floors and walls of the roofed structure shall be kept in a clean, sanitary and
healthy condition with all dropping and body excretions collected on a daily basis and placed in
a fire-proof covered container until applied as fertilizer, composted or transported off the premises;
(9) Chickens shall be kept in the roofed structure or any attached fenced yard
enclosure at all times;
(10) The fence around the yard enclosure shall be securely constructed with a mesh
type material and shall have protective overhead netting to keep the chickens separated from
other animals;
(11) The fenced yard enclosure shall be well drained so there is no accumulation of
moisture;
(12) A floor area or combination of the floor and fenced yard area for keeping chickens
shall not be less than ten square feet of floor space per chicken;
(13) No roofed structure or fenced yard enclosure shall be located closer than 25 feet
to any residential dwelling on the adjacent lots.
You are required to attach a site plan, drawn to scale, of the proposed building and fenced yard
enclosure showing compliance with all applicable ordinance requirements. An example of a site
plan and graph paper are attached for your use.
I hereby affirm and under penalty of perjury, understand the aforementioned terms and conditions
of obtaining a license to keep chickens and that any false statements and failure to comply with
the terms and conditions can and will be grounds for revocation of the keeping of chicken license.
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Signature of Applicant Date
NORTH arrow required
Scale: 1" feet
SITE PLAN
DO NOT USE PENCIL
Site Address: Legal Description (required):
Owners Name:
This site plan is an accurate and complete representation of the footprint(s) of all existing and
proposed structure(s) and their location(s) on the subject property.
Applicants Signature:
Date: