Birds, chickens and poultry

A person who keeps poultry or permits poultry to be kept shall ensure that:

• no poultry shall be kept less than 9 metres from any residential building;  
• no poultry is able to approach within 15 metres of a public street, public building, commercial premises or food premises;  
• all poultry is kept in a properly constructed and securely fastened structure;  
• the structure has an impervious floor laid with a fall to the front of at least 1 in 50;  
• all structures or enclosures within which poultry are kept are maintained at all times in a clean condition; and  
• all poultry is kept continually confined. 

A person who keeps, or permits to be kept, aviary birds shall ensure that:

• the aviary or cage in which the birds are kept is located at least 1 metre from any lot boundary and at least 5 metres from a residential building on any other lot;
• there is a floor beneath the roofed area of the aviary or cage which is constructed of smooth, impervious material with a gradient of at least 1 in 50 to the front of the aviary or cage;
• the aviary or cage is kept in clean condition and good repair at all times;  
• all feed for the birds other than that intended for immediate consumption is stored in vermin proof containers; and  
• effective measures are taken to prevent the attraction or harbourage of vermin. 

A person who keeps pigeons, or permits pigeons to be kept, shall ensure that:

• all pigeons are kept in a properly constructed pigeon loft, except where registered homing pigeons are freed for exercise; Shire of Roebourne Animals, Environment and Nuisance Local Law 2012 adopted 151012 7
• all structures or enclosures within which pigeons are kept are maintained at all times in a clean condition;  
• no opening to a pigeon loft, including openings for ventilation, is within 9 metres of any residential building; and  
• no opening to a pigeon loft, including openings for ventilation, is within 15 metres of a public street, public building, commercial premises or food premises.  
   
• An affiliated person who keeps pigeons, or permits pigeons to be kept, shall do so in accordance with the Code of Practice – Pigeon Keeping, subject to the provisions of this local law.