Bowie, MD Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 4-4, titled 'Keeping of poultry, cattle or livestock,' is a single-sentence provision inside Chapter 4, Animal Control: it requires that any use of land or a building in the City of Bowie for keeping poultry, cattle or livestock comply with Subtitle 27, Zoning, of the Prince George's County Code, as that county code is amended over time. This reflects Bowie's overall zoning structure: the City Council legislates Chapter 26 as only a limited local overlay covering things like fences, signs and home occupations, while Prince George's County's M-NCPPC and Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement administer the actual use-district standards, including whatever numeric limits or setbacks the county's Subtitle 27 sets for keeping farm animals on residential or agricultural land.

Because § 4-4 is listed among the sections § 4-22C declares to be a fixed-fine municipal infraction, the City itself can cite a Bowie resident for keeping poultry, cattle or livestock in violation of the county zoning standard the section incorporates, even though the underlying use-district rule sits in the county's own code, not Bowie's.