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How to apply for a permit to Sample Form DNS-362 keep in Milwaukee 1. Complete an approved DNS-362 site plan RequiReMents of the (sample below) to the satisfaction of the department. Blank site plans are available from City of Milwaukee st DNS at 4001 S. 6th St., 1 floor and online. CooP 2. Present form (DNS-362) and a check money payable to “City of Milwaukee” oRDinanCe for the current fee* to the clerk at the Department of Neighborhood Services, 4001 S. 6th St., 1 st floor for review (this office does not accept cash as payment). Applicants may apply for permits Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.. Approval by the department is contingent on a review for completeness and compliance with the ordinance. The permit will be mailed to the applicant upon approval. *fee=For current fees call 414-286-2759 or visit: www.milwaukee.gov/dns/fees

3. Before a permit is issued, DNS will notify Requirements for all of the property owners where the chickens shall be kept and owners (not residents) off • Application Process all directly or diagonally abutting properties, including those across an alley. Neighbors • Number and type of chickens will be given an opportunity to voice any Milwaukee Property Data • Coop dimensions and location concerns they may have. available on the web at http://www.milwaukee.gov/dns • Site maintenance requirements Where to find applications • Care of chickens and forms This material is available in alternative formats for Helpful Tips from the This brochure, a link to the ordinance, and a individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Chicken Coop site plan form can be found at: ADA Coordinator, [email protected], City of Milwaukee www.milwaukee.gov/chicken. 414-286-3475, TTY: 711. Provide a 72 hour advance Department of notice, seven days for Braille, to ensure accommodation Any questions regarding this process should of request. Neighborhood be directed to the DNS Residential Section Services at 414-286-2759.

DNS-361 soc 04/21/2017 Coop location and design • Unusual illness or death of chickens shall • Chicken coops shall be constructed in a be reported to the Health Department. workmanlike manner, be moisture resistant, and either raised off the ground or placed • A permit may be revoked for failure to on a hard surface such as concrete, patio comply with provisions of the ordinance block or gravel. and, once revoked, shall not be reissued.

• Chicken coops and yards shall be DNS intervention or inspections constructed so they will not have standing • An inspection of the proposed chicken What chickens are allowed? water. keeping site will not be conducted by the As of July 28, 2011 residents in the City of Department of Neighborhood Services Milwaukee will be allowed to keep chickens • Chicken coops shall be cleaned of hen (DNS) as part of the permitting process. with the following provisions: droppings, uneaten feed, and DNS will inspect and determine compliance other waste daily and as necessary to with the ordinance on a complaint basis or • The keeping of up to 4 chickens, with a ensure a health, odor or other nuisance if it believes a violation may be occurring. permit is allowed on a residential premise does not exist. DNS may take enforcement action it deems only. Permits will not be allowed on appropriate if violations are noted. commercial or mixed-use occupancies. • Chicken coops and yards together shall be large enough to provide at least 16 square • DNS will answer questions about the • Roosters are not allowed. feet per chicken. Fenced enclosure space permitting process and the ordinance it is can be added to the coop space to add up charged with enforcing. To inquire about the • No person shall slaughter any chickens. to the minimum number of square feet. permitting process, call DNS Residential Coops cannot be taller than 10 feet. Coops Section at (414) 286-2759. Care for the chickens cannot exceed 50 sq. ft.. • Chickens shall be provided with fresh water • DNS will not offer advice or provide at all times and adequate amounts of feed. • Enclosures shall not be closer than 25 feet suggestions regarding the practice of to any residential structure on an adjacent keeping chickens. For example, DNS will • Chickens shall be provided with a sanitary lot. Enclosures shall not be located in the not suggest how to build a chicken coop or and adequately-sized, covered enclosure, front yard of a dwelling. enclosure nor advise on where to acquire or coop, and shall be kept in the enclosure knowledge related to chicken keeping. or a sanitary and adequately-sized and Problems with chickens to be fenced enclosure, or yard, at all times. reported Chicken coops and enclosures may not be • Chickens shall not cause any nuisance, homes or garages. unhealthy condition, public health threat or otherwise interfere with the normal use of property or enjoyment of life by humans or .