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Cottage Grove, MN The City of Cottage Grove defines chickens as urban livestock and permits them in residential districts with restrictions. All urban livestock animals are required to have a structure designed and constructed to provide shelter from the weather, with a roof and a minimum of two (2) walls. These structures shall comply with all development standards (setback, height, lot coverage, building and specialty permits) for accessory structures in applicable land use districts. Where urban livestock animals are allowed, they shall conform to the following standards, which are intended to allow personal-use scale urban farming while ensuring compatibility with nearby uses. Up to one (1) chicken or domestic fowl per 1000 square feet, with a maximum of fifteen (15) total per property are allowed. Roosters, geese, peacocks and turkeys are prohibited. Maplewood The keeping of up to ten (10) poultry is allowed in any zoning district with a permit. The initial permit must be approved by 60% of the property owners adjacent to the property. A coop is required to house the poultry. Coops must be constructed and maintained to meet the minimum construction standards in the City Code. A fenced run or exercise yard is required; sixteen (16) square feet minimum is required for a run or 174 square feet minimum is required for an exercise yard. Ramsey Chickens (hens only, no roosters or crowing hens) may be maintained on parcels less than three acres. Their City Code prescribes a sliding scale for the number of chickens that can be maintained on lots, based on the size of the lot ranging from a maximum of six (6) chickens on a lot less than 0.24 acres in size to a maximum up to forty-eight (48) chickens for a lot between 2.75 and 2.99 acres in size. Maintenance of more animals than the prescribed number is permitted only with a conditional use permit.