§ 6-9. Barnyard animals allowed.

Barnyard animals, as defined in this chapter, shall be allowed to be kept in the territorial limits of the City of Pearland, subject to the following conditions:

(a)

No cow, calf, steer, bull or other ruminant, or chicken, goose or duck may be kept on property less than one (1) acre in size. No other barnyard animal may be kept on property less than one-half (½) acre in size.

(b)

No barnyard animal may be kept, possessed, or maintained, nor may any pens, enclosures, hutches, cages or other structures wherein any such animals are kept, possessed or maintained be, within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any actual residence or building used for human habitation not that of the owner or keeper of such animal.

(c)

There shall be an exemption to the distance restriction in subsection (b) if the keeping of any barnyard animal on a property was commenced prior to the construction within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any actual residence or building used for human habitation not that of the owner or keeper of such animal. This exemption shall cease to exist if no barnyard animal is kept on the property for a continuous period of six (6) months or longer.

(Ord. No. 528-8, § 1, 11-11-13)