Louisburg, KS Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)

Louisburg's Code defines "fowl" at § 2-101(i) to include chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, and pigeons, and "livestock" at § 2-101(o) to include cattle, horses, goats, sheep, or other farm or ranch animals. Section 2-113 ("Same; stockyards; commercial holding pens") sets the operating standards for anyone keeping these animals in a stockyard or commercial holding pen: § 2-113(f) requires enclosures, including fences, where horses, cows, sheep, and goats are kept to be built of dimension lumber or other effective materials strong enough to prevent the animals from breaking out or creating a hazard.

Waste handling scales with the type of permit held. Under a residential classification permit, § 2-113(g) requires solid waste to be stored in metal containers with tight-fitting lids and disposed of at least weekly. Under commercial, industrial, or agricultural classification permits, §§ 2-113(h)-(i) require concrete or asphalt-surfaced holding lots with proper drainage, subject to the health officer's approval, though the officer may waive the surfacing standard for short-term domestic animal holding or dirt lots suited to cattle, horses, or sheep. Separately, § 15-412 in the solid waste article requires manure from cow lots, stables, poultry yards, and pigeon lofts to be removed and disposed of at the owner's expense.

The Code does not set a numeric cap on backyard chickens or require a specific poultry permit; the operative controls are these sanitation, enclosure, and waste-disposal standards plus the general nuisance and at-large rules in Article 1.