Can I own a live chicken in Revere?
6.02.010 - Nondomesticated—Defined. Legal animals: “[A]ll dogs, house cats, canaries, parrots, parakeets and the like, tropical fish of the noncarnivorous family, hamsters, white mice and white rats. It is unlawful for any person to keep or have under their care, custody or control, either as owner or otherwise, any live chicken, rooster, duck, geese, poultry or fowl of any kind whatsoever. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred dollars for each offense thereafter.”
6.02.020 - Nondomesticated—Keeping and transporting. A. No person shall keep on his property, or the property of others, any nondomesticated animal without first having obtained a license issued by the board of health of the city, which board shall have the right of inspection, at all reasonable times, of the premises where such nondomesticated animals are kept and shall establish from time to time reasonable regulations relative to the care, maintenance and control of such animals.
B.No person shall transport within the city any nondomesticated animal without first having obtained a license from the board of health of the city for such transport. The board of health shall establish from time to time reasonable regulations relative to the transportation of such nondomesticated animals.