Stedman, NC Animal Ordinances: Chickens & Livestock (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- Town Code §§ 60.02, 60.03, 60.05
- Buffer distance
- 75 feet from a neighboring tract
- Hogs
- Banned outright within town limits
- Shipment exception
- 24 hours max before or after shipping
- Civil penalty
- $50.00, due within 72 hours
- Dogs/cats
- Reserved to Cumberland County Animal Services
Summary
Town Code § 60.02 bans keeping cows, horses, ponies, mules, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits or other livestock within 75 feet of any neighboring tract inside Stedman's corporate limits, and § 60.03 bans keeping hogs anywhere in town outright. Livestock passing through for shipment gets a 24-hour grace window, and violators face a $50.00 civil penalty under § 60.05.
§ 60.02 KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK Within the corporate limits of the Town of Stedman, it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain any cow, horse, pony, mule, sheep, goat, chickens, rabbits, or other livestock on any lot or within any pen, stable, or other enclosure or building within seventy-five (75) feet of any adjacent tract of land owned by another; assembling of such livestock for shipment or the unloading from shipment of livestock; provided, further, that such livestock are not kept within the corporate limits for more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to shipment or subsequent to unloading. ... § 60.03 KEEPING HOGS WITHIN TOWN LIMITS It shall be unlawful to keep hogs within the Corporate limits ... § 60.05 PENALTY The violation of any provision of this ordinance shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount of $50.00 to be recovered by the Town. Violators shall be issued a written citation which must be paid within seventy-two (72) hours.
Full Breakdown
02 prohibits keeping or maintaining a cow, horse, pony, mule, sheep, goat, chickens, rabbits, or other livestock on any lot, or in any pen, stable, enclosure or building, within 75 feet of an adjacent tract owned by someone else, anywhere inside Stedman's corporate limits. The section carves out a narrow shipment exception: livestock being assembled for shipment or just unloaded from shipment may be kept in town, but not for more than 24 hours before shipping out or after being unloaded. 03, adopted the same day, is flatly stricter: it is unlawful to keep hogs within the corporate limits at all, with no distance exception.
03, so any animal or hog kept in violation today has no grandfather protection left. 06 and falls to Cumberland County Animal Services, not the town. 00 recovered by the town, and any person cited must pay within 72 hours of the written citation, with each continuing day of the violation treated as its own separate offense.
Violations & Fines
A livestock or hog violation draws a $50.00 civil penalty payable within 72 hours of the written citation, and every additional day the animal stays in violation of § 60.02 or § 60.03 is charged as a separate offense under § 60.05.
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