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

Section 8.04.016 defines 'fowl' as ducks and chickens and makes it unlawful to keep any without first applying for and obtaining a residential fowl permit, which requires a signed application, the Consolidated Fee Schedule fee, a site plan showing the coop's distance from dwellings and property lines, a photo or illustration of the coop, and consent to a pre-issuance inspection. Only female birds are allowed: no roosters, geese, turkeys, peafowl, or crowing hens may be kept, and coops must sit in the rear yard with a minimum three-foot setback from both rear and side property lines unless the director grants a front- or side-yard exception for an irregular lot.

The number of birds is capped by lot size, from two fowl on a lot under 5,999 square feet up to ten fowl on a lot of 12,000 square feet or more. Coops must be covered, predator-proof, ventilated, and provide at least three square feet per bird, droppings must be cleaned at least weekly, dead birds and rotting eggs removed within twenty-four hours, and fowl kept for personal use only, since selling eggs, breeding for sale, or slaughtering on the premises is prohibited. For larger livestock, § 8.09.001 separately bars keeping any horse, mule, burro, ass, or cattle on a lot smaller than one-half acre, regardless of anything else in the code.