Utica is a dense city and does not permit keeping farm livestock in residential areas. All fowl are banned by City Code, and hoofed livestock like cattle, goats, pigs, and horses are not an allowed use under the zoning ordinance for residential districts. Keeping such animals can be abated as
Utica's City Code (Chapter 2-5, Article III) flatly prohibits fowl, and the 2021 Zoning Ordinance does not list agricultural animal-keeping among permitted uses in residential zones, so cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and horses cannot be kept on typical city lots. Unsanitary or odor-causing animal keeping is also reachable under the city's nuisance and property-conservation provisions. Anyone seeking to keep any farm animal would need to verify the zoning district and, in practice, would find no residential allowance. Surrounding Oneida County towns set their own, often more permissive, agricultural rules.
Keeping prohibited livestock is a zoning and code violation; Codes Enforcement can order removal and issue fines, and unsanitary conditions can trigger separate nuisance abatement.
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