Charleston, WV Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

City Code § 10-12 allows chickens, hogs, goats and cattle within city limits, but bars keeping them in a pen or confined lot 'to the annoyance, detriment or inconvenience of any neighbor or the public.' Separately, § 10-11 keeps poultry, fowl or pigeons at least 25 feet from any building owned by someone else and used for habitation, occupation or assembly. § 10-15 requires every coop, pen or stable to have sanitary drainage and stay clean, dry and odor-free enough that the health commissioner won't call it a nuisance. § 10-51 bars horses, goats, hogs, cattle and poultry from running loose on city streets or lots.