The City of Erie prohibits keeping any animal usually kept as a farm animal or livestock; owners receive a seven-day warning to remove the animals or face a citation.
City of Erie Codified Ordinances Article 729 (Animals) bars residents from boarding, breeding, housing, keeping, or maintaining any animal that is wild, dangerous, noxious, or naturally inclined to do harm, as well as any animal usually kept as a farm animal or livestock within the City of Erie. The City's Bureau of Police Animal Enforcement Office confirms that all farm animals are prohibited in the City of Erie and that, on a complaint, a seven-day warning is given or sent to remove the animals, after which the owner is cited if the animals remain. This effectively prohibits chickens, roosters, goats, pigs, cattle, horses, and similar livestock from being kept on residential property inside the city limits.
If farm animals or livestock are not removed within the seven-day warning period, the owner is cited; the animals may also be seized as part of Animal Enforcement action.
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