Katy prohibits keeping chickens, fowl, or livestock on tracts smaller than one acre, caps the number per acre, and bans swine within city limits except for limited FFA or 4-H exemptions.
Under Katy's livestock and fowl article, no person may raise, keep, breed, or maintain livestock or fowl (cattle, horses, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, geese, exotic animals) on a tract smaller than one acre. Animals must be for personal noncommercial use only. Per acre, only two horses, two cows, two goats, or two sheep, OR 25 rabbits, OR 25 chickens or other fowl are permitted. All rabbits, chickens, and other fowl must be maintained in closed pens. Swine are banned citywide except by FFA or 4-H waiver from neighbors within 100 feet.
Class C misdemeanor citations carry fines up to $500 per offense per day. Impounded livestock or fowl require a $25.00 per head impoundment fee plus $5.00 per day boarding before redemption.
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