Tuscaloosa bans hogs and other swine within the city entirely. Other livestock is a public nuisance unless kept at least 300 feet from any residence of another, church, school, park, or public building. Alabama's statewide stock law (Sec. 3-5-2) separately bars livestock from running at large.
Tuscaloosa's Chapter 4 (Animals and Fowl) imposes two distinct controls on livestock. First, the city flatly prohibits swine: notwithstanding any other ordinance, it is unlawful for any person to keep within the city any hog or other animal of the swine family. Second, for other livestock, it is unlawful and a public nuisance to keep within the city any livestock, rabbit, or fowl unless kept at all times at least three hundred (300) feet from any church or house of worship, school, public building, park, public playground, or the residence of another (rabbits or fowl kept indoors as pets are exempt). This effectively confines larger livestock to spacious lots. Overlaying the city rules is Alabama's statewide stock law: Ala. Code Section 3-5-2 makes it unlawful to knowingly, negligently, or willfully permit livestock to run at large on another's premises or on public lands, roads, highways, or streets, and declares there are no open-range counties in Alabama. Section 3-5-3 makes the owner liable for damage done by animals at large, and Section 3-5-4 lets law enforcement take up animals found at large, notifying the owner within 24 hours. Inside Tuscaloosa, the swine ban and 300-foot setback are the controlling local limits.
Keeping any hog or swine in the city is unlawful. Keeping other livestock within 300 feet of protected uses is a public nuisance. Letting livestock run at large violates state Sec. 3-5-2, makes owners liable for damage, and allows officers to impound the animal.
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