Knoxville City Code Chapter 5 limits livestock and farm animals within city limits, with backyard chickens permitted under conditions tied to lot size, coop placement, and the residential zoning district under the Recode Knoxville ordinance.
Chapter 5 of the Knoxville City Code regulates animal keeping inside city limits. Roosters are generally prohibited in residential zones, but hens may be kept on most single-family lots if coops sit a set distance from neighboring dwellings and meet sanitation standards. Larger livestock such as cattle, goats, swine, and horses are restricted to agriculturally zoned parcels under Recode Knoxville (2020). Young-Williams Animal Center, the city and county animal-control contractor, responds to nuisance, neglect, and at-large livestock complaints alongside Knox County Health Department for sanitation enforcement.
Violations may bring civil citations, removal of animals, daily fines, and code-enforcement abatement. Repeated nuisance or unsanitary conditions can trigger health-department referrals.
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