I was curious about how many animals I could have on my property so I made a quick call down the the city office as was told that there is a point system in place used to determine the limits. There is a 100 point baseline for a 1 acre lot. The points break down like this:

• 20 pts - Houses
• 50 pts - Pigs
• 25 pts - Horses
• 25 pts - Cows
• 10 pts - Goats
• 5 pts - Small Animals^*

Using this formula, with a half acre lot, I start with 50 points for the lot and subtract 20 points for the house. Now I have 30 points to work with -- or in other words I can keep up to six chickens on my property. The combinations are nearly endless! I can even legally have 2 ½ houses! Search me to figure out what ½ a house looks like.

^* Small animals are chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, and rabbits. Dogs and cats are apparently "domestic" so they don't fall into the point system. I would be important to note that the county does requires a kennel license for over dogs yet there are no restrictions on the number of cats you can have.

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