Lynn requires a permit from the Inspectional Division to keep fowl, including chickens, hens, and pigeons, within city limits. Additional keeping and sanitation conditions apply, and larger livestock is limited by zoning.
The City of Lynn requires a permit from the Inspectional Division before anyone keeps fowl (chickens, hens, or pigeons), guinea pigs, rabbits, minks, or ferrets within city limits, and the department attaches keeping conditions to that permit. Coops and runs must be kept clean, secure, and free of nuisance conditions that would draw board of health or animal control action. Larger livestock is restricted by the city zoning ordinance to appropriate districts. Massachusetts Right to Farm principles protect established agricultural use, but urban poultry in Lynn runs through the Inspectional Division permit.
Keeping fowl or the other listed animals without the Inspectional Division permit leads to an order to remove the animals. Unsanitary or nuisance conditions draw board of health enforcement and daily fines until corrected.
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