The City of Newark permits up to 6 hens with no roosters, a paid permit, and a 10-foot setback from property lines. Rural, unincorporated Licking County is farm country where livestock is an ordinary agricultural use under township zoning.
Backyard poultry is allowed in the county seat under conditions. The City of Newark permits up to six hens, bans roosters, requires a keeping permit, and sets a 10-foot property-line setback with a secure, predator-proof coop. Heath, Pataskala, and Granville each set their own hen limits and setbacks, so check the local code. Larger livestock such as goats, horses, and cattle belong in the surrounding townships, where Licking County's farmland treats keeping livestock as an agricultural use that township zoning cannot bar under ORC §519.21. Owners must still keep animals from running at large: Ohio law makes the owner of livestock or poultry liable for letting them loose onto public roads.
Keeping hens without the required city permit, or keeping a rooster, draws a municipal citation and can force removal. An owner who lets livestock or poultry run at large onto a public road is liable under state law.
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