Brooklyn Park, MN Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Chickens/domestic fowl
- Declared a nuisance, § 94.04(B)
- Farm animal acreage minimum
- 5 acres or larger
- Farm animal density
- 1 animal unit per acre
- Commercial boarding/breeding
- Barred in residential districts
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine and/or 90 days
Summary
In the City of Brooklyn Park, keeping chickens or other domestic fowl anywhere in the city is declared a public nuisance under § 94.04(B), with no permit or registration path like the one the city offers for honeybees. Farm animals generally are confined to parcels of five acres or more at one animal unit per acre under § 152.901(D)(1), and commercial boarding or breeding is barred outright in residential districts.
It is hereby declared to be a public nuisance to permit, maintain, or harbor any of the following: (A) More than three animals, as defined by § 92.01 of this code, over six months old, except in a commercial kennel. (B) Chickens and other domestic fowl. ... (D) Keeping domestic and farm animals on residential properties. (1) Farm animals may be kept on parcels five acres or larger at the rate of one animal unit per acre. (2) Boarding or breeding for commercial purposes may not be permitted in residential districts.
Full Breakdown
58. Chickens get no equivalent path. over six months old, except in a commercial kennel' in (A). 04 is a nuisance provision rather than a zoning permit scheme, there is no square-footage, coop-setback or flock-size path to bring a backyard flock into compliance on ordinary residential lots; the keeping of the fowl itself is what the section prohibits. 901(D)(1) allows farm animals generally only 'on parcels five acres or larger at the rate of one animal unit per acre,' a threshold well outside a typical residential lot.
901(D)(2) bars boarding or breeding animals for commercial purposes in residential districts, and (D)(3) requires the keeping to conform with every other applicable section of the city code, including the Chapter 94 nuisance bar on chickens itself.
Violations & Fines
Keeping chickens or other domestic fowl anywhere in Brooklyn Park, keeping more than three animals over six months old outside a commercial kennel, or keeping farm animals on a parcel smaller than five acres is a public nuisance under § 94.04. Violations of Chapter 94 are misdemeanors under § 94.99: a fine up to $1,000, up to 90 days imprisonment, or both, with each day the nuisance continues a separate offense.
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