Logan, UT Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Section 6A.06.030 of the Logan Municipal Code sends every question about backyard poultry and other food animals to the Land Use Ordinances. The type and number of animals for family food production that can be kept is limited and governed exclusively by the City's Land Use Ordinances and regulations, and the presumption runs against the keeper: if a type of animal is not expressly allowed as either a permitted or conditional use in a specific land use zone, that animal is deemed prohibited. Title 17, the Land Development Code, is not in the Title 1 to 15 export this page was written from, so the zone-by-zone allowances and any flock numbers are not stated here.

Section 6A.02.030 defines animals for family food production as any domesticated animal commonly kept for utility or food production rather than pleasure, and lists cattle, sheep, goats, mules, burros, horses, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, llamas, swine and bees, or similar animal. Livestock is defined by State law and includes the typical domesticated animals for family food production. A pet, by contrast, is a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility.

Other Logan rules apply wherever food animals are kept. Section 6A.08.130 deems an animal a nuisance if it causes damage to the property of anyone other than its owner, causes unreasonable odor, is in an unsanitary condition in its being or habitat, makes unreasonable disturbing noises, or chases vehicles, people or livestock. Animal control abates a nuisance animal under § 6A.08.140: relocation or euthanasia with the owner's written consent, or a complaint to the local Justice Court if consent cannot be readily obtained, with impoundment allowed until the matter is resolved. Section 8.20.160 requires all food and feed within the city for feeding chickens, cows, pigs, horses and other animals to be stored in rat free and ratproof containers, compartments or rooms unless stored in a ratproof building.