Chicken Petition: July 2, 2010
This is a petition to allow a maximum of 5 hens within all residential zoning for the city of La Crosse. Chickens to be confined in a covered or fenced enclosure which must be at least 25 ft. from the neighbors residence. No roosters allowed. Chicken owner required to purchase a permit issued by the City Treasurer for said chickens. Cost of permit not to exceed $10. The ordinance is to be modeled after Madison, WI city ordinance; the ordinance is as follows:
j. Keeping of up to four (4) chickens on a lot with up to four dwelling
units, provided that:
i. No person shall keep any rooster.
ii. No person shall slaughter any chickens.
iii. The chickens shall be provided with a covered enclosure and
must be kept in the covered enclosure or a fenced enclosure at all
times.
iv. No enclosure shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to
any residential structure on an adjacent lot.
v. The owner, operator, or tenant obtains a license under Sec. 9.52,
MGO.
vi. The applicant for a license notifies all residents of the property
and the owner or operator of the property if the applicant is not
the owner or operator. Notification is not required for renewal of a permit.
9.52 KEEPING OF CHICKENS.
Any person who keeps chickens in the City of Madison shall obtain an annual license prior to January 1of
each year, or within 30 days of acquiring the chickens. The license year commences on January 1 and
ends on the following December 31.
Application shall be made to the City Treasurer and the fee for the license shall be ten dollars
($10.00).
The Treasurer or other authorized individual shall collect the fee and shall assess and collect a
late fee of five dollars ($5.00) from every owner of chickens, if the owner fails to obtain a license prior to
April 1 of each year, or fails to obtain a license within 30 days of acquiring the chickens. All late fees
received or collected shall be paid into the local Treasury.
The Zoning Administrator may revoke a license if there are three (3) or more violations within
any six (6) month period of this or any ordinance in Chapter 28, MGO regulating the keeping of chickens.
(Cr. by Ord. 13,605, 5-21-04; Am. by ORD-06-00154, 11-23-06; ORD-10-00004, 1-21-10)

8.40(1), WI Stats
(1) In addition to any other requirements provided by law, each separate sheet of each petition for an election, including a referendum, shall have on the face at the top in boldface print the word "PETITION". Each signer of such a petition shall affix his or her signature to the petition, accompanied by his or her municipality of residence for voting purposes, the street and number, if any, on which the signer resides, and the date of signing.
8.40(2)
(2) The certification of a qualified circulator stating his or her residence with street and number, if any, shall appear at the bottom of each separate sheet of each petition specified in sub. (1), stating that he or she personally circulated the petition and personally obtained each of the signatures; that the circulator knows that they are electors of the jurisdiction or district in which the petition is circulated; that the circulator knows that they signed the paper with full knowledge of its content; that the circulator knows their respective residences given; that the circulator knows that each signer signed on the date stated opposite his or her name; that the circulator is a qualified elector of this state, or if not a qualified elector of this state, that the circulator is a U.S. citizen age 18 or older who, if he or she were a resident of this state, would not be disqualified from voting under s. 6.03, Wis. stats.; and that the circulator is aware that falsifying the certification is punishable under s. 12.13 (3) (a). The circulator shall indicate the date that he or she makes the certification next to his or her signature.