Peoria's Code of Ordinances Chapter 5 (Animals) prohibits the keeping of livestock β including cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, and fowl such as chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys β within the city limits except on land zoned for agricultural use under Appendix B (Zoning Ordinance). Chickens are not permitted in standard residential R-1 through R-7 districts. Property owners seeking to keep poultry must verify zoning at the Community Development Department before acquiring birds.
Peoria (pop. ~110,000, Peoria County) addresses livestock and fowl primarily through Chapter 5 of its Code of Ordinances at https://library.municode.com/il/peoria and through Appendix B (Zoning Ordinance). Unlike permissive Illinois cities such as nearby Pekin, Peoria has not enacted a backyard-chicken ordinance for standard residential districts. Livestock β including chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, and horses β is generally restricted to parcels zoned for agricultural use under Appendix B. The Illinois Animal Control Act (510 ILCS 5/) at https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1735 governs statewide rabies vaccination, dangerous-animal designation, and animal-control administrator authority, but does not preempt Peoria's right to restrict livestock under home-rule authority granted by Article VII Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution. Property owners who want to keep poultry should confirm their zoning at the Community Development Department (309-494-8600) and consider that even on agricultural parcels, nuisance complaints about odor, noise, or sanitation can result in citations under the general property-maintenance provisions of Chapter 18.
Keeping prohibited livestock in a residential zone is a municipal violation enforced by Code Enforcement and Peoria County Animal Protection Services. Fines under Peoria Code Chapter 1 (General Provisions) typically range $75-$750 per occurrence with daily continuing-violation penalties. Removal of the animals from the property may also be ordered.
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