Winter Park allows up to 4 hens per residential lot under City Code Chapter 14. Roosters prohibited. Coops must be 10 feet from property lines and 25 feet from neighboring dwellings. Slaughtering not permitted.
Winter Park amended its animal code in recent years to permit backyard hens, consistent with the urban agriculture movement in central Florida. Only hens are allowed; roosters are banned due to noise. Coops require permits from the Building Department if over 120 sq ft. Feed must be stored in rodent-proof containers. Free-ranging hens must remain on owner's property. Eggs may be given away or sold under the FL Cottage Food Law (FL 500.80) up to $250,000/year without a commercial food license.
$100 per excess hen or rooster. Repeated violations $250-$500 and possible order to remove all poultry.
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